Uhl, Bernd
Eggert, Dennis
Smiljanov, Bojan
von Thun und Hohenstein, Katharina
Walz, Christoph
Kranz, Gisela
Schwenk-Zieger, Sabina
Haring, Florian
Luft, Joshua
Song, Jiahang
Holtmann, Vincent
Baumeister, Philipp
Reichel, Christoph A.
Gires, Olivier
Canis, Martin
Betz, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 10 January 2026
Accepted: 11 May 2026
First Online: 25 May 2026
Declarations
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: The use of human tissue specimens for scientific purposes was approved by the local ethics committee of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich (reference number 18‑446) and by the Ethics Commission Hamburg (reference number WF‑049/09). All study participants provided written informed consent to participate in the clinical study and agreed to the use of pseudonymized data and samples for research, including sharing with collaborating partners located both within and outside the European Union. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, the principles of good clinical practice, and the applicable national laws and ethical regulations in Germany.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.