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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe experimental protocol was established, according to the ethical guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration and was approved by the Human Ethics Committee of EC of Guizhou provincial People’s Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from individual or guardian participants. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by grants from the research program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81860141 and 82160149), Science and Technology Program of Guizhou Province (No. [2021]378) and Health Commission Foundation of Guizhou Province (gzwkj2023-161)."