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Article History

Received: 3 May 2023

Revised: 21 October 2023

Accepted: 24 October 2023

First Online: 4 November 2023

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The care and handling of animals adhered to the guidelines of the Henan Normal University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC, SMKX-2118BS1018), in accordance with the standards set by the Association of Animal Behavior and National Regulations. IPF lung tissues and Control non-IPF lung tissue samples were recruited based on the ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guidelines at Henan Provincial Chest Hospital. IPF lung samples were obtained from patients undergoing open lung biopsy. Control lung tissues were from healthy lung tissue of other disease patients undergoing a surgical procedure. The research received approval from the Henan Provincial Chest Hospital Medical Research Ethics Committee (No. 2019-05-07), and informed consent was acquired from all patients before surgical procedures. The study was conducted in adherence to the principles outlined in The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) pertaining to experiments involving human subjects.

: The authors declare no competing interests.