Baek, Seung-Woo
Byun, Young Joon
Piao, Xuan-Mei
Seo, Jee-Woo
Jeong, Il-San
Kamarov, Otabek
Moon, Seongmin
Kim, Kyeong
Kang, Ho Won
Kim, Won Tae
Choi, Yung Hyun
Moon, Sung-Kwon
Kim, Wun-Jae
Choi, Young Deuk
Kim, Seon-Young
Kim, Seon-Kyu
Yun, Seok Joong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education (2022R1A6A3A01087141)
Ministry of Education (RS-2023-00245919)
Ministry of Education (2120240615350)
Chungbuk National University (BK21 program (2024))
Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea (RS-2024-00342111)
Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea (NRF-2021M3H9A2096953)
Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea (RS-2025-19922981)
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KGM5192531)
Korea Health Industry Development Institute
Article History
Received: 3 September 2025
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Declarations
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: All patient-derived tissues were collected after surgery at Chungbuk National University Hospital (CBNUH) in accordance with institutional procedures. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Chungbuk National University and CBNUH (IRB approval numbers: CBNU-202309-BR-0201 and GR2010-12–010, respectively), and written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment. Specimens were provided by CBNUH, a member of the National Biobank of Korea supported by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, and all biobank samples were obtained under IRB-approved protocols with informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.