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"We thank the Hebei Key Laboratory of Integrative Medicine on Liver–Kidney Patterns within the Hebei University of Chinese Medicine. We thank Professor Tatsuo Shimosawa (Japan International Welfare University) for providing mDCT cells. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Project of China (grant numbers 81473652 and 81873251)."