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"Declarations Ethical approvalAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consentThis retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. Conflict of interestAll authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. Conflict of interest All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript."

"Funding The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this study. Financial support for this research was provided in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (grant number: 17H04349; recipient: T.N.) and grants from the Center of Innovation Program (COI-NEXT) by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (grant number: JPMJPF2201). The funders had no role in design or conduct of the study, collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication."