Acknowlegements
We would like to express our thanks to patients who participated in this study as well as research nurses and coordinators. We would like to thank Mr. Timothy Grose for reviewing and correcting the manuscript.
Author contributions
M.O designed and performed the study and wrote the paper. M.M performed assays. Y.Y performed cell processing. S.O and M.O performed treatment of patients, acquisition and analysis of data.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).