Zhang, Wenyan
Li, Qin
Kong, Xianrong
Li, Basen
Guan, Hanxiong
Shao, Beibei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Fund of Tongji Hospital (NO. 2024D24)
Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (No. 2022CFB217)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2025
Accepted: 13 July 2026
First Online: 22 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, ensuring the protection, dignity, and rights of all human participants. Ethical approval was obtained from the Medical Ethics Committee of Tongji Hospital (Approval number: TJ-IRB202505020). Written informed consent was provided by all participants included in the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interest: The authors declare no competing interests.