This study was supported by grants from the Korea Health Industry Development Institute funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare (HI22C1060), the Korean Diabetes Research Association, the Korean Diabetes Research Foundation (800-20220575), the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018R1A5A2025964, 2021R1A6A3A14044733), the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01 DK119169, R01 DK119130-5830), and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35 GM140854)
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