Takahashi, Shuhei
Yoshida, Koki
Paudel, Durga
Morikawa, Tetsuro
Uehara, Osamu
Harada, Fumiya
Ariwansa, Dedy
Giri, Sarita
Sato, Jun
Nagayasu, Hiroki
Abiko, Yoshihiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K10121)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K10121)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K10121)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K10121)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K10121)
Article History
Received: 1 March 2025
Accepted: 5 June 2025
First Online: 9 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal experiments in this study were approved by the animal ethics and research committee of Health Sciences University of Hokkaido (Approval No.: 018 in 2020) and were conducted in accordance with the Basel Declaration and The ARRIVE guidelines. The maximal tumor size permitted by our ethics committee was 20 mm in diameter or 10% of body weight, in accordance with internationally accepted animal welfare standards, and this limit was not exceeded during the experimental period.
: Not applicable to this study.
: The initial version of this manuscript was proofread by a professional English editing service. During the revision process after peer review, ChatGPT-4o (OpenAI) was used exclusively to assist with grammar correction and language refinement in the newly added or revised sections. No AI tools were used to generate scientific content or interpret findings.