Kawabata, Kazuya
Shima, Sayuri
Ohdake, Reiko
Bagarinao, Epifanio
Mizutani, Yasuaki
Tatebe, Harutsugu
Koike, Riki
Kasai, Atsushi
Ueda, Akihiro
Ito, Mizuki
Hata, Junichi
Ishigaki, Shinsuke
Toyama, Hiroshi
Tokuda, Takahiko
Takashima, Akihiko
Watanabe, Hirohisa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP22dk0207055)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP21wm0425016)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JPJS00420240019)
Article History
Received: 9 December 2025
Accepted: 14 April 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Declarations
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: This research was approved by the Ethics Committee at Fujita Health University Hospital (approval number: HM22-407) and conformed to the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects endorsed by the Japanese government. All participants provided written informed consent prior to joining the study and were allowed to withdraw from the study at any time.
: AK is employed by MIG Inc and AT is a co-founder of MIG Inc. The other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.