Yamauchi, Toshitaka
Waki, Naoko
Suzuki, Shigenori
Fujimoto, Kenji
Mikami, Tatsuya
Murashita, Koichi
Nakaji, Shigeyuki
Itoh, Ken
Tamada, Yoshinori
Tamura, Yoshihiro
Kobayashi, Wataru
Funding for this research was provided by:
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
the JST COI (JPMJCE1302)
KAGOME CO., LTD.
Article History
Received: 22 September 2025
Accepted: 21 January 2026
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
:
: Data collection was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hirosaki University School of Medicine (approval number: 2021-166-3) and conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants before their inclusion in this study. The data analysis was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hirosaki COI-NEXT (approval number: HCN2024-20-0926). An opt-out procedure for data analysis was conducted before the start of the analysis, and the participants were allowed to opt out at any time, even after the analysis began.
: Not applicable.
: T.Y., N.W., and S.S. are employees of KAGOME CO., LTD. All other authors declare no competing interests.