Chen, Yunru
Shi, Lei
Zhang, Xi
Liu, Xiaojing
Niu, Yinghua
He, Yingli
Chen, Tianyan
Funding for this research was provided by:
MSD China
Article History
Received: 14 April 2026
Accepted: 13 July 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Approval No. XJTU1AF2019LSK-071) and was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to study inclusion. For participants under the age of 16 years, written informed consent to participate was obtained from their parents or legal guardians. All study procedures, including the intervention, data analysis, and blood sample collection, were performed after informed consent had been obtained.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.