Zhang, Ying https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3837-6436
Diez Garcia, Marc
Shah, Sukrut
Joo, Seongjung
Valderrama, Adriana
Zhang, Shujing
Enzinger, Peter C.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA)
Article History
Received: 16 August 2024
Accepted: 10 November 2025
First Online: 1 February 2026
Declarations
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: Ying Zhang is an employee of MSD Europe Inc., Brussels, Belgium, and holds stock in Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. Marc Diez Garcia has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Sukrut Shah, Seongjung Joo, Adriana Valderrama, and Shujing Zhang are employees of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, and hold stock in Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. Peter C. Enzinger reports consulting fees from ALX Oncology, Arcus Bioscience, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Blueprint Medicines, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chimeric Therapeutics, Celgene, Coherus, Daiichi Sankyo, Five Prime, Ideaya, Istari, Legend, Lilly, Loxo, Merck, Novartis, Ono Pharmaceuticals, Servier, Taiho, Takeda, Turning Point Therapeutics, Xencor, and Zymeworks, outside the current work.