Funding
This study was supported by grants from Guangdong Basic and Applied
Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2018A030313526, No.
2020A151501075), grants from National Natural Science Foundation of
China (Grant No. 81370603) and grants for a Clinical Key Discipline (The
Subtropical Disease Center for Thalassemia) from the Chinese Ministry of
Health (NO. 1311200006107).