Yamaguchi, Etsuro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0172-6228
Tanaka, Hiroyuki
Fujishiro, Eisuke
Fukami, Masaya
Katano, Takuma
Ito, Satoru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7885-4653
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP22ek0109594s0101, JP23ek0109594s0102, and JP24ek0109594s0103)
JSPS KAKENHI (23K15198)
JSPS KAKENHI (25K11465)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2025
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 11 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients provided written informed consent and the study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Aichi Medical University (12–133, 2022 − 146, 2023 − 598, 2023 − 151).
: Not applicable.
: EY has received fees for scientific advice from Savara Inc. and honorarium for a lecture from Nobelpharma Co., Ltd. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.