Lee, Ho Young
Kim, Min Jung
Naskar, Manisha
Serrano-Arevalo, Karen
Cho, Yong-Joon
Shin, Hee Bong
Choi, Hae Woong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9372-1875
Kim, Young Ho
Article History
Received: 5 March 2026
Accepted: 15 July 2026
First Online: 5 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital (approval number: 2023-10-001) and was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent. Given the retrospective design of the study, the IRB waived the requirement for written informed consent. All animal-related experimental procedures adhered to the guidelines established by the Korea University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (KUIACUC-2022-0100).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.