Ahn, Hye Ri
Kim, Sujin
Baek, Geum Ok
Yoon, Moon Gyeong
Kang, Minji
Ng, Jestlin Tianthing http://orcid.org/0009-0000-8568-754X
Go, Yunjin
Lim, Su Bin
Yoon, Jung Hwan
Jeong, Jee-Yeong http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9482-4526
Han, Ji Eun
Kim, Soon Sun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6862-1896
Cheong, Jae Youn
Eun, Jung Woo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2461-6702
Cho, Hyo Jung http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4792-8335
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (RS-2024-00339997, NRF-2022R1A2C2092422)
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (HR22C1734, HR21C1003)
research fund of Ajou University Medical Center
the Commercializations Promotion Agency for R&D Outcomes (COMPA) funded by Ministry of Science and ICT
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2022R1C1C1004756)
Article History
Received: 28 March 2024
Revised: 16 August 2024
Accepted: 19 August 2024
First Online: 29 August 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All experiments performed with human samples were performed per the Declaration of Helsinki, and the study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (AJIRB-BMR-SMP-17-188). All animal experiments were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Laboratory Animal Research Center of Ajou University Medical Center (IACUC-2020-0038). All animals were housed per the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.