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Article History

Received: 8 August 2021

Accepted: 29 October 2021

First Online: 5 November 2021

Declarations

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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest, including specific financial interests, relationships, or affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript.

: Approval for the use of the tissues was obtained from the local ethical committee at A. Tsulukidze Urology National Modern Center, Pathomorphology Laboratory at the 1st Clinical Hospital and Clinic of SJC "Modern Medical Technologies", and the patients' written consent. However, through dissemination process, we made sure that the patients' data protection system is firmly implemented and that no leakage of personal data or the results of the diagnosis, prognosis etc. into public domain takes place. This was insured through the implementation of modern guidelines of ethics and data protection as planned in this application. The study design was approved by the internal review board of the institution. The scientific research was carried out at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, in tight coordination of chairs of Biochemistry and Immunology/Microbiology. The ethical approval of the study as long as the guidelines followed to carry out the study was also obtained from National Center for disease control and public health (Institutional Review Board Letter 2021-069).

: Informed consent for using the surgical tissues for future scientific research was obtained from all patients.

: Not Applicable.