Si, Xiang
Song, Wenliang
Cao, Daiyin
Zhu, Weining
Lu, Yali
Peng, Huiru
Yuan, Hao
Liang, Liqun
Jiang, Jinlong
Yang, Tao
Ma, Xiaoxun
Guo, Jiayan
Liu, Zimeng
Liu, Yongjun
Chen, Minying
Chen, Ronglin
Guan, Xiangdong
Wu, Jianfeng
Shi, Rui
Monnet, Xavier
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation
Guangdong Medical Research Foundation
Wu Jieping Medical Foundation
Shenzhen Medical Research Fund (C2401019)
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund Enterprise Joint Fund
Article History
Received: 15 March 2026
Accepted: 4 July 2026
First Online: 17 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (FAH [2020] 296) and Longgang central hospital (LGH 2024ECPJ010). The study was prospectively registered on the China Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR 2000039338, registered 2020-10-24). Patients or their legally authorized representatives were informed about their participation and agreed to participate. The current study was performed in accordance with Chinese law and the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.