Chen, Liang
Wang, Changwen
Zhang, Hua
Wu, Yijun
Li, Fuqiang
Shi, Haiyan
Ren, Zhigang
Chen, Yanfei
Huang, Jinyan
Zhao, Danyang
Pan, Jun
Lu, Haifeng
Zheng, Shusen
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC3602000)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81874038)
the Research Project of Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory (JNL-2022001A)
Article History
Received: 29 October 2024
Accepted: 23 September 2025
First Online: 28 October 2025
Declarations
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: The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (reference number: IIT20240146B). Subjects with histologically confirmed thyroid nodules (TNs), without other organ complications, and with a body mass index (BMI) < 24 kg/m² were enrolled following the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki for the participation of human subjects. The patients/participants provided written informed consent to participate in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.