Ito, Hiroshi
Ishikawa, Masakazu
Matsumoto, Hisatake
Ogura, Hiroshi
Okuzaki, Daisuke
Oda, Jun
Funding for this research was provided by:
General Insurance Association of Japan
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K12153)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K27701)
Article History
Received: 14 July 2025
Accepted: 9 February 2026
First Online: 15 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Osaka hospital (Approval Number: 885) and complied with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent for the collection of blood samples and the use of clinical data was obtained from the patients or their relatives, and from healthy volunteers.