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"Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://cdt.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/cdt-23-355/coif). All authors report that the study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 82170513 and 81200143), the Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Research Project (No. ZHY12-W035), and the Foundation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University (No. 2015B002). The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare."

"Funding: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 82170513 and 81200143), the Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Research Project (No. ZHY12-W035), and the Foundation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University (No. 2015B002)."