Wouters, Sam https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-8466
Cuyckens, Filip
Article History
Received: 1 December 2025
Revised: 19 January 2026
Accepted: 9 February 2026
First Online: 23 February 2026
Declarations
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: The Belgian J&J facilities are AAALAC accredited and all animal experimentation performed was reviewed and approved by the institutional Ethical Committee on Animal Experiments (EDC) in accordance with legislation within the framework of EU-directive 2010/63/EU and the Belgian royal decree of 29/05/2013/. The animal welfare body (AWB) provides guidance in animal welfare connected to the purchase, housing, care, and use of laboratory animals and application of the 3Rs. AWB is responsible for assisting in the supervision of the correct application of the project procedures as approved by the ECD.
: The authors declare no competing financial or nonfinancial interests.