Yagi, Sen
Furukawa, Shinya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0041-7688
Miyake, Teruki
Yoshida, Osamu
Tange, Kazuhiro
Kitahata, Shogo
Ninomiya, Tomoyuki
Hanayama, Masakazu
Suzuki, Seiyuu
Shibata, Naozumi
Murakami, Hidehiro
Ohashi, Katsuhisa
Tomida, Hideomi
Yamamoto, Yasunori
Takeshita, Eiji
Ikeda, Yoshio
Hiasa, Yoichi
Article History
Received: 20 March 2026
Accepted: 12 May 2026
First Online: 28 May 2026
Ethics
Declarations: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Ehime University. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Informed consent: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to sample collection.