Jansen, Ellen E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6019-4052
Braun, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7801-040X
Jansen, Patrick https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5186-3939
Conrads, Georg https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2577-5294
Funding for this research was provided by:
RWTH Aachen University
Article History
Received: 19 March 2026
Accepted: 25 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (CTC-A-Nr.21–329, EK 379/21, RWTH Aachen University) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki [22]. All participants provided written informed consent, and samples were anonymized prior to analysis. Clinical trial number: Not applicable.
: All authors consent to publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.