Knuus, Katri
Nguyen, Mai
Hannula, Markus
Hassan, Jasmin
Otala, Marjut
Tuuri, Timo
Lundin, Karolina
Lahtinen, Atte
Damdimopoulou, Pauliina
Hyttinen, Jari
Jahnukainen, Kirsi
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Helsinki
Article History
Received: 17 June 2025
Accepted: 7 November 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
Declarations
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: The use of adult samples for research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Helsinki University Hospital (HUS/3319/2017 and HUS/614/2023). The patients were informed of the study by the hospital personnel and patients could voluntarily donate their tissue to the research by writing a consent.Child patients and their guardians were informed by the hospital personnel and written consent was obtained from all age-appropriate patients or their guardians. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Helsinki University Hospital (Dnr:340/13/03/03/2015) and the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (Dnr:2019–03802).To ensure privacy, all samples were pseudonymized with random codes. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.