Song, Kai
Zhu, Bowen
Jiang, Qing
Xiong, Jin
Shi, Hongfei
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81702151, 81401793)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20170121)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (021414380306)
Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Foundation (BE2016608)
Six Talent Peeks Project in Jiangsu Province (2016-WSW-060)
Key Project supported by Medical Science and technology development Foundation, Nanjing Department of Health (YKK20086 and QRX17007)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2021
Accepted: 30 May 2022
First Online: 6 June 2022
Declarations
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: All experimental protocols were approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (No.2018–204) that all investigations were conducted in conformity with ethical principles. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This is a retrospective study without patient identifiable information. Therefore, this study met the conditions for exemption of informed consent and was approved by the IRB.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.