Liang, Dingkong
Xue, Fen
Xie, Jinkun
Yang, Jiyong
Ni, Xiao
Zhang, Jingzhe
Gu, Honggang
Funding for this research was provided by:
Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine “Longyi Healer” (PY2022007)
Scientific Research Program by World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS2024032)
Article History
Received: 31 August 2025
Accepted: 8 January 2026
First Online: 29 January 2026
Change Date: 18 July 2026
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised: The XML conversion error was resolved.
Declarations
Ethical approval: Informed consent was attained from the patients with CRC and healthy volunteers. The study protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Animal studies were approved by the Animal Care and Ethics Committee of Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and were conducted under NIH guidelines (approval no. PZSHUTCM220530004).
Consent to participate: Not applicable.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.