Cao, Yue https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9640-0003
Zeledon, Ana V.
Aust, Richard C.
Krause, James S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-5389
Article History
Received: 4 March 2026
Revised: 22 May 2026
Accepted: 2 June 2026
First Online: 9 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: We certify that all applicable institutional and governmental regulations concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were followed during the course of this research. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Medical University of South Carolina (Pro00008911). Informed consent was obtained from all participants, with a waiver of written informed consent approved by the IRB.