Song, Chao
Tang, Jiyu
Wu, Hailu
Shi, Xiaoming
Wu, Di
Liu, Jiahuan
Shao, Chenye
Xu, Binxiang
Dai, Linchao
Li, Sijia
Huang, Chenrong
Shi, Ruihua
Gu, Zhongze
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20232023)
Article History
Received: 16 January 2026
Accepted: 2 July 2026
First Online: 29 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The protocols for this study were strictly conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant institutional guidelines. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committees of Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University (Approval No. 2023ZDSYLL396-P01), Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (Approval No. AF/SC-08/03.0), the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of BaoYing (Approval No. 2024YXLL016), and the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (Approval No. 2023 − 337). Written informed consent was obtained from all participating individuals prior to sample collection.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.