aDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

bThe First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing Medical University

cDepartment of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital

dDepartment of Information, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Received 18 May 2023 Accepted 25 August 2023.

*Jin Yan and Zhen Yang contributed equally to the writing of this article.

Correspondence to Guoxin Zhang, PhD, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China, Tel: +86 025 83718836; fax: +86 025 83718836; e-mail: [email protected]