Ouchi, Shuji https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3447-163X
Yamada, Toru https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4583-364X
Shinohara, Takahiro https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8750-7098
Mabuchi, Suguru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-5191
Nakagawa, Kazuharu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5572-4159
Yoshimi, Kanako https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5005-036X
Horike, Ayane https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8737-3692
Mayama, Tatsuya https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0085-0687
Toyoshima, Kenji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1220-273X
Tamura, Yoshiaki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-3319
Araki, Atsushi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9088-2841
Hanazawa, Ryoichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-7356
Hirakawa, Akihiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2580-7460
Ichige, Hiroyuki
Ishida, Takeshi https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6276-6859
Kimura, Takuma https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9318-6539
Tohara, Haruka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5514-6419
Hashimoto, Masayoshi
Article History
Received: 16 January 2025
Accepted: 24 June 2025
First Online: 3 July 2025
Declarations
:
: Shuji Ouchi, Toru Yamada, Takahiro Shinohara, Suguru Mabuchi, Kazuharu Nakagawa, Kanako Yoshimi, Ayane Horike, Tatsuya Mayama, Kenji Toyoshima, Yoshiaki Tamura, Ryoichi Hanazawa, Akihiro Hirakawa, Hiroyuki Ichige, Haruka Tohara, and Masayoshi Hashimoto have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. Financial interests: Atsushi Araki has received research funding from Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd. Takeshi Ishida has received support for the endowed chair funded by Hitachiomiya City. Takuma Kimura has received research funding from C.U.C. Inc.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (protocol code M2022-293-02, date of approval: March 20th, 2023).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication.