Matsumoto, Nozomi
Muguruma, Masako https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2269-0411
Horimoto, Yoshiya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8935-0768
Okazaki, Miki
Asaoka, Mariko
Komiya, Takako
Sato, Eiichi
Yokoyama, Utako
Matsumura, Hajime https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8788-7684
Ishikawa, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3450-4533
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K09895)
Article History
Received: 21 March 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2025
First Online: 22 August 2025
Declarations
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: Yoshiya Horimoto is an Editorial Board member of Breast Cancer and a coauthor of this article, who participated in the pathological assessment, data analysis, and manuscript writing for the current study. To minimize bias, he was excluded from all editorial decision-making related to the acceptance of this article for publication. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The animal experimental protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Tokyo Medical University (R5-054). All procedures performed in studies involving animal experiments were in accordance with the Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health of the United States, following the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Tokyo Medical University.