Liu, Zhichun
Zhang, Xianlong
Xiao, Zihe
Zhang, Qing
Yang, Yingying
Xia, Lei
Liu, Huanzhong
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82401798)
Anhui Health Research Project (Grant No. AHWJ2024Aa10004)
Research Fund Project of Anhui Translational Research Institute (No. 2022zhyx-B01)
Article History
Received: 21 January 2026
Accepted: 1 June 2026
First Online: 22 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (202009-kyxm-04). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 2013 Declaration of Helsinki ( ). All participants and their legal guardians provided written informed consent.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.