Kim, Ha Yeong
Yang, Jiin
Kim, Han Su
Jung, Soo Yeon
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education (NRF-2020R1C1C1011612, NRF-2021R1A6A3A01086945)
the Ministry of Science and ICT, and Ministry of Health and Welfare (23B0101L1)
Article History
Received: 5 January 2025
Accepted: 14 May 2025
First Online: 7 July 2025
Declarations
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: TMSCs were isolated from the tonsil tissues of patients under the age of 10 who underwent tonsillectomy, with informed written consent obtained from their legal guardians. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Korea (Approval Number: EUMC-2019–08-030). The project, titled "Isolation of Tonsil-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Tonsil Tissue and Its Characterization," received IRB approval on August 30, 2019. This approval confirms that the project adheres to the necessary ethical standards and guidelines for conducting research involving human subjects.
: Not applicable.
: The 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.