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Article History

Received: 19 September 2024

Accepted: 9 April 2025

First Online: 23 April 2025

Declarations

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: We obtained ethics approvals from the Human Bioresource Center of the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (Affiliated College of Medicine, Seoul National University). The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB approval number: X-2011-651-903) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Private patient information was anonymized and de-identified prior to analysis. (Official full name of the ethics committee that approved this study is Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Institutional Review, and the name of institute is Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.)

: Not applicable.

: Jin-Hyeok Hwang and Jihie Kim declare conflict of interest including advisory committee of HuVet bio Inc. Hyoung-Hwa Jeong is a CEO of HuVet bio Inc. Other authors have no COI to declare. All participants provided informed consent under the condition of guaranteed anonymity when donating their samples to the Human Resources Center at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. The consent included the following components: (1) donation of blood or tissue samples, (2) provision of basic clinical information, and (3) exemption from the requirement of obtaining additional consent for future related research. The institutional Review Board of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital granted comprehensive ethical approval for the use of these samples in subsequent secondary and tertiary studies.