Chiu, Hsien-Chun
Hsieh, Yu-Wei
Cheng, Chia-Hsiung
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC-112-2410-H-182-030, NSTC-113-2314-B-182-064, NSTC-114-2314-B-182-016-MY3)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2025
Accepted: 25 February 2026
First Online: 4 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital (No. 2019-06-002 A), and registered with ClinicalTrial.gov (ID: NCT04162990). All experiments were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations (Declaration of Helsinki). All participants provided written informed consent before participating in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.