He, Lei
Duan, Na
Wang, Chong
Shan, Ru
Li, Jing
Wang, Lin
Liu, Qiuli
Tao, Junwei
Liu, Li
Ma, Xiaoliang
Cao, Bing
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32300926)
Article History
Received: 12 November 2023
Accepted: 8 July 2025
First Online: 1 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. All procedures involving human subjects/patients were approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Zhumadian Second People’s Hospital in Henan Province (Approval no. IRB-2021-006-02). The MDD cases and controls were informed written consent form before they participated in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.