Qiu, Cuipeng
Wang, Xiao
Francia, Giulio
Casiano, Carlos A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7320-4333
Zhang, Jian-Ying https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6552-2617
Article History
Received: 25 September 2024
Revised: 13 August 2025
Accepted: 10 October 2025
First Online: 18 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted under the approval of the Institutional Review Board of The University of Texas at El Paso, USA (Approval number: 00001224; IRB References number: 1484). Informed consent has been obtained from all patients. All methods in this study related to the involvement of human subjects were performed in accordance with the institutionally approved IRB protocol and guidelines.