Kim, Jinho
Ko, Geon
Kim, Jong-Hoon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3785-1207
Chang, Keun-A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-6340
Article History
Received: 1 September 2025
Revised: 24 April 2026
Accepted: 28 May 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The funders had no role in the study design, collection, analyses, interpretation of data, writing of the manuscript, or decision to publish the results.
: All animal experiments were performed in compliance with the Animal Care and Use Guidelines of Gachon University, Seoul, Korea (IACUC No. LCDI-2023-0081). This clinical study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Ethics Committee of Gachon University Gil Medical Center, with the approval of the Institutional Review Board of Gachon University Gil Medical Center (GFIRB2018-156: May 15, 2018). All the participants provided written informed consent before participating via self-referral or referral from a family member.