Kimura, Masamichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3842-1703
Nishikawa, Koji
Imamura, Jun
Kimura, Kiminori
Article History
Received: 12 May 2026
Accepted: 25 June 2026
First Online: 6 July 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study used only previously published, publicly available, and de-identified datasets and did not involve new human subject recruitment or specimen collection. Therefore, this secondary analysis was exempt from additional institutional review board approval and informed consent requirements. The Xenium spatial transcriptomic analysis was performed using previously generated experimental data in accordance with the relevant institutional framework for animal experimentation.
: Not applicable because this study used only previously published, publicly available, and de-identified datasets.
: Not applicable because this study did not include identifiable individual participant data or images.