Naito, Shokichi
Kawashima, Nagako
Ishii, Daisuke
Fujita, Tetsuo
Iwamura, Masatsugu
Takeuchi, Yasuo
Article History
Received: 13 April 2022
Accepted: 18 June 2022
First Online: 8 July 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures involving human participants were in accordance with ethical standards of the institution at which the studies were conducted [approval number of Kitasato University Medical Ethics Organization (KMEO): #KMEO B17-239] and with standards of the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: All patients provided written informed consent for their normal kidney tissues to be obtained. Information about the intended use of biopsies from MCNS and FSGS was available on the Kitasato University Medical Ethics Organization website, allowing subjects the opportunity to opt out of the study.