Hu, Min
Hu, Xingyu
Chen, Wenxiang
Xia, Chengcheng
Yao, Weirong
Zuo, Minjing
Lin, Ze
Deng, Libin
Wu, Zhaoqiu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wu Jieping Medical Foundation of China (320.6750.2020-10-108)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82125036)
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFA1801900)
Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar (BK20230042)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2025
Accepted: 28 October 2025
First Online: 26 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The studies involving human participants underwent a thorough review and was approved by the ethics committees of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital (Nanchang, China) and Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (Nanchang, China). Public database data were exempt from consent requirements.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
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