Kashiwazaki, Daina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9249-1382
Yamamoto, Shusuke
Akioka, Naoki
Hori, Emiko
Shibata, Takashi
Kuwayama, Naoya
Noguchi, Kyo
Kuroda, Satoshi
Article History
Received: 16 March 2020
Accepted: 10 May 2020
First Online: 26 May 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: The institutional review board at the Toyama University Hospital approved this study using human carotid plaque samples.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of our institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration.
: For this type of study, formal consent is not required