Chen, Cheng-Fong
Chen, Ching-Ting
Lin, Yung-Hsiang
Chiang, Chi-Fu
Mao, Yi-Wen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6729-9946
Funding for this research was provided by:
Maxigen Biotech Inc.
Article History
Received: 15 September 2025
Revised: 3 December 2025
Accepted: 13 December 2025
First Online: 24 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (IRB No. 2021–02-001A#1). All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees, as well as the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment.
: Yi-Wen Mao, Chi-Fu Chiang, and Yung-Hsiang Lin are employees of TCI Co., Ltd., the parent company of the study sponsor. Ching-Ting Chen is an employee of Maxigen Biotech Inc., the study sponsor. All authors declare that they have no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest related to the conduct or reporting of this study.