Long, Yi
Xie, Jingping
Zhang, Zhi-Qi
Zhang, Ziji
Meng, Fangang
He, Aishan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0629-1390
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81702142)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2019A1515011782, 2019A1515011946)
Young Teacher Foundation of Sun Yat-sen University (19ykpy62)
Article History
Received: 28 December 2018
Accepted: 12 November 2019
First Online: 1 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study adhered to the standards of the Ethics Committee on Human Experimentation at The First Affiliated Hospital at Sun Yat-sen University, China (IRB: 2011011) and the Helsinki Declaration (2000). All participants provided informed written consent. After collecting patient information regarding age, gender, comorbidities, and medications, the samples were de-identified and coded to ensure patient privacy.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.