Tokunaga, Kengo
Miyoshi, Sawako
Hojo, Fuhito
Yonezawa, Hideo
Ida, Yosuke
Oka, Kentaro
Takahashi, Motomichi
Kamiya, Shigeru
Miyoshi, Jun
Hisamatsu, Tadakazu
Osaki, Takako
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Yakult Bio-Science Foundation
a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (20K08365, 24K11176, 20K08365)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2024
Accepted: 15 July 2025
First Online: 29 July 2025
Competing interests
: Dr Tokunaga’s work has been funded by the Yakult Bio-Science Foundation. Dr Shigeru Kamiya receives remuneration as a medical advisor for Miyarisan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Dr Kentaro Oka and Motomichi Takahashi were employees of Miyarisan Pharmaceutical Co. No other author has a competing interest.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants.