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"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China [2022YFC3602900, 2022YFC3602902, and 2022YFC3602903], the Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province (Academician Chen Xiangmei of Hainan Province Kidney Diseases Team Innovation Center), the Specialized Scientific Program of the Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province [YSPTZX202026], the Specialized Scientific Research Project of Military Health Care [21BJZ37], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [82030025], and the Clinical Research Support Fund, Young Talent Project, Chinese PLA General Hospital [2019XXMBD-005 and 2019XXJSYX01]."