Suzuki, Yuji https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-340X
Serada, Satoshi
Yamashita, Masashi
Kawabata, Kota
Takahashi, Tsuyoshi
Obata, Kengo
Jo, Akihito
Funajima, Eiji
Doki, Yuichiro
Naka, Tetsuji
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Reserch and Development (JP21ck0106650, JP24ck0106912)
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JP22K07240)
Keiryokai Research Foundation (149, 152)
Article History
Received: 7 October 2024
Accepted: 9 July 2025
First Online: 22 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests or personal relationships that may have influenced the work reported in this study.
: Animal studies: All animal studies were conducted in accordance with the ARRIVE guideline and approved by the Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments at Iwate Medical University (03-004) ensuring compliance with institutional guidelines. Human studies: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and all patients were prospectively enrolled and they provided written informed consent before tissue sampling based on a protocol approved by the Institutional Review Board of Osaka University (Approval Number: 08226-5). Additionally, this study was conducted as an ancillary research project and was independently approved by the Institutional Review Board of Osaka University (Approval Number: 20443).