Kupsco, Allison https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8760-2730
Jao, Jennifer
Myer, Landon
Abrams, Elaine J.
Wang, Fang
Dominguez, Jalean
Zerbe, Allison
Mukonda, Elton
Madlala, Hlengiwe P.
Matyesini, Sandisiwe
Robinson, Daniel T.
Qiu, Yunping
Kurland, Irwin J.
Wu, Haotian
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD104599)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK020541)
NIH Office of the Director (1S10 OD021798-01A1)
Article History
Received: 3 April 2026
Accepted: 7 July 2026
First Online: 16 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All participants provided informed consent for the study procedures and protocols were approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Cape Town (UCT-HREC 709/2020), and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) of Columbia University Irving Medical Center (AAAT6112) and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (2021–4725).
Competing interests: Daniel Robinson receives research funding from Abbott.