Kang, Danbee https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0244-7714
Kim, Eun-hye
Choi, Nayeon
Chung, Man Ki
Son, Young-Ik
Cho, Juhee https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9081-0266
Jeong, Han-Sin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-0573
Funding for this research was provided by:
Samsung Biomedical Research Institute (OTX0001031)
Article History
Received: 5 August 2025
Accepted: 23 October 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Samsung Medical Center (no. 2015-06-132), and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT02546895).
: All the participating patients provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author (HS Jeong). The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.