Son, Iltae https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-9189
Kim, Minsung
Lee, Ji-Seon
Yoon, Dogeon
Kim, You-Rin
Park, Ji Hye
Oh, Bo-Young
Chun, Wook
Kang, Sung-Bum
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education (2022R1I1A3063876)
Article History
Received: 17 April 2024
Accepted: 6 October 2024
First Online: 12 October 2024
Declarations
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: The project titled "Differentiation of human adipose stem cells 3D-spheroids into smooth muscle cells and activation of Rho/ROCK pathway in internal anal sphincter-targeting fecal incontinence animal model" has been approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Hallym University. The approval number for the project is HMC 2022-1-0609-24, and the initial date of approval was 09, June 2022, with an update on 30, May 2023. Furthermore, Anterogen Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) provided the original source of human adipose stem cells. We declare that Anterogen Co., Ltd had ethical approval for collecting human cells, and the donors had signed informed consent. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety provided the information on human adipose stem cells, Cupistem®().
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.