Yoon, Gwangho https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8132-4389
Choi, Ju Kwang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8621-6384
Jang, Jee Hwan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-3649
Park, Yoon Shin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5373-9218
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korean Fund for Regenerative Medicine (25A0204L1)
Article History
Received: 27 October 2025
Revised: 11 November 2025
Accepted: 17 November 2025
First Online: 15 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Chungbuk National University Medical Center (IRB No. CBNU-202106-BRHR-0073) and conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Human tonsillar tissues were collected after obtaining written informed consent from all donors or their legal guardians. Informed consent was confirmed by the IRB. No animal experiments were conducted, and there were no ethical issues related to human or animal rights.