Liu, Wei
Sun, Yu
Zhao, Ling
Wang, Shu
Zhou, Guowu
Wang, Shiyao
Xie, Sheng
Geng, Jing
Xie, Bingbing
Wang, Aimin
Dai, Huaping
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (62575072 to S.W.)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82370072, 82500089)
National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFC2500700 & 2016YFC0901100)
Capital’s Funds for Health Improvement and Research (No. 2024-1-4062)
Article History
Received: 14 January 2026
Accepted: 30 April 2026
First Online: 14 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of China-Japan Friendship Hospital (No. 2017-25) and was based on the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry China Study (PORTRAY), a prospective observational study conducted by China-Japan Friendship Hospital (ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT03666234). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants for the use of pathological specimens. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: No individual participant data is reported that would require consent to publish from the participant (or legal parent or guardian for children).
: The authors declare no competing interests.