About the Authors

Chuyang Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Biological Resource Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Yutao Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

Affiliations Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Huanming Xiao

Roles Resources

Affiliation The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Jianxiong Cai

Roles Resources

Affiliation The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Ruihua Wang

Roles Resources

Affiliation The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Xuan Zeng

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Biological Resource Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Ming Lin

Roles Visualization

Affiliation The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Wofeng Liu

Roles Resources

Affiliation Biological Resource Center, Guangzhou People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, China

Xiaoling Chi

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

qubochen326@126.com (QC); chixiaolingqh@163.com (XC)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Qubo Chen

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

qubochen326@126.com (QC); chixiaolingqh@163.com (XC)

Affiliations Biological Resource Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.