Irie, Fumi
Matsumoto, Koutarou
Matsuo, Ryu
Wakisaka, Yoshinobu
Ago, Tetsuro
Kitazono, Takanari
Kamouchi, Masahiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5348-8762
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K10386)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K21506)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K02669)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25H01083)
Article History
Received: 12 May 2025
Accepted: 9 November 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committees of Kyushu University Institutional Review Board for Clinical Research (Approval No: 22086–01), Kyushu Medical Center Institutional Review Board (Approval No: R06-03), Clinical Research Review Board of Fukuokahigashi Medical Center (Approval No: 29-C-38), Fukuoka Red Cross Hospital Institutional Review Board (Approval No: 629), St. Mary’s Hospital Research Ethics Review Committee (Approval No: S13-0110), Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital Ethics Committee (Approval No: 06–04-13), and Kyushu Rosai Hospital Institutional Review Board (Approval No: 21–8).
: Written informed consent was obtained from patients or their close family members.
: Because of the sensitive nature of the data, the datasets supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request by qualified researchers trained in human subject confidentiality protocols.