Itonaga, Hidehiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-3623
Fukushima, Takuya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-2875
Kato, Koji
Muranushi, Hiroyuki
Tokunaga, Masahito https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1296-9006
Fukuda, Takahiro
Kawakita, Toshiro
Kato, Takeharu
Mori, Yasuo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-1720
Nakachi, Sawako
Suehiro, Youko
Kuriyama, Takuro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7375-3183
Fujioka, Machiko
Onizuka, Makoto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-0823
Ichinohe, Tatsuo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-4066
Ohbiki, Marie
Atsuta, Yoshiko https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4404-2870
Fuji, Shigeo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5118-7950
Yoshimitsu, Makoto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5935-0385
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K08480)
Takeda Science Foundation
Nagasakiken Medical Association
Article History
Received: 22 October 2024
Revised: 7 March 2025
Accepted: 21 March 2025
First Online: 8 April 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The present study was approved by the TRUMP Committee (approval no. 13-27) and by the Ethics Committee of Nagasaki University Hospital (approval no. 23082112) at which this study was organized in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All methods were performed in accordance with the guidelines (Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects, by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan) and regulations (Act on the Protection of Personal Information, ).
: Participants provided informed consent for the use of their data for the Japanese Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (JSTCT) upon registration.