Guo, Ya-Xin
Liu, Xin-De
Yan, Yi-Qiu
Wang, He-Xiao
Yang, Xiao-Shi
Lv, Yuan
Ma, Gang
Croitoru, David
Qi, Rui-Qun
Wu, Yan
Xiao, Ting
Geng, Long
Piguet, Vincent
Chen, Hong-Duo
Legius, Eric
Xu, Xue-Gang
Gao, Xing-Hua
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shenyang Youth Science and Technology Innovation Talents Support Program (RC220268)
the 111 Project (D18011)
the National Key Research and Development Program of China (no.2016YFC0901504)
the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFC2508200)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82103745)
the Clinical Research Grant Program of the Beijing Society of Integrative Medicine (ZHKY-2025-1869(B011))
Liaoning Provincial Office of Philosophy and Social Science (2025-BSLH-388)
Liaoning Provincial Office of Philosophy and Social Science (2025-BSLH-398)
Article History
Received: 12 September 2025
Accepted: 26 July 2026
First Online: 17 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Hospital of China Medical University; approval #2017-112-2.
Consent for publication: All patients signed an informed consent form.
Competing interests: None declared.