Numata, Tomohiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5719-4884
Tagashira, Hideaki
Sato-Numata, Kaori
Takayama, Ryo
Aoyama, Aoto
Sakai, Ayako
Tran, Ha Nam
Watanabe, Hiroyuki
Article History
Received: 7 July 2026
Accepted: 29 September 2026
First Online: 20 October 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: All animal experiments were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Akita University (Approval Nos. a-1–0412 and b-1–0408) and were performed in accordance with the institutional guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals.
Use of artificial intelligence tools: The authors did not use generative artificial intelligence tools in the preparation of this manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.