Jeong, Jujin
Choi, Yun Ju
Sa, Yujin
Kang, Narae
Kim, Don-Kyu
Lee, Tae-Hoon
Park, Sang-Wook
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF)& funded by the Korean government (RS-2023-00261905, 2022M3A9E4017151)
National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) grant funded by the Korea governmen (RS-2025-00516170)
Article History
Received: 23 February 2026
Accepted: 5 May 2026
First Online: 17 May 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines used in this study were obtained from the National Stem Cell Bank of Korea. This original source confirmed that patient informed consent and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval were obtained for the original collection of human cells and derivation of these hiPSC lines (IRB No. 2013-06EXP-06-R and 2014-10CON-04–1 C-A). The derivation and characterization of these hiPSC lines have been reported previously 28–30 . The authors used these hiPSC lines without access to any donor-identifying information, in accordance with the Bank’s distribution policies and applicable regulations.
: The authors confirm that no AI-generated content was used in this manuscript. AI tools were used only for limited copyediting purposes (correcting grammar, punctuation, spelling, and improving wording for clarity), and all scientific contents were developed independently by the research team without AI assistance. No AI-generated images were included. All figures, graphs and illustrations were created by the authors and comply with the journal’s AI and authorship policies.