Ikenoshita, Susumu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8964-0762
Nomura, Toshiya
Shimazaki, Haruo
Uetani, Hiroyuki
Nakahara, Keiichi
Okazaki, Takahiro
Imamura, Michie
Mizutani, Hironori
Fudo, Aoi
Jo, Yuya
Matsubara, Soichiro
Higuchi, Yujiro
Hirai, Toshinori
Takashima, Hiroshi
Ueda, Mitsuharu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP25K19034)
Article History
Received: 26 November 2025
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board of Kumamoto University approved this study (No. 496).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: We have reviewed the journal’s guidelines on ethical publication and affirm that this report adheres to these standards.
: Mitsuharu Ueda reports receiving research grants and lecturer fees from Alnylam and Pfizer outside of this study. Other authors report no competing interests.