Cai, Wenjie
Stiernborg, Miranda
Wolthon, Alexander
Landberg, Rikard
Manzouri, Amirhossein
Furmark, Tomas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-9058
Lavebratt, Catharina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4987-2718
Månsson, Kristoffer N. T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7796-8445
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vetenskapsrådet (2023-01362)
Vetenskapsrådet (2016-02228)
Vetenskapsrådet (2020-02426)
Vetenskapsrådet (2022-01188)
China Scholarship Council
Article History
Received: 23 November 2025
Revised: 16 April 2026
Accepted: 19 May 2026
First Online: 3 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02592564), and ethical approval was obtained from the regional committee at Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. All participants gave written informed consent prior to participation. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.