Yousefi, Tooba
Shahsavari, Zahra
Derakhshan, Samira
Lashkarbolouki, Taghi
Rajabibazl, Masoumeh
Goudarzi, Afsaneh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Department of the School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (43007145)
Article History
Received: 22 July 2025
Accepted: 8 November 2025
First Online: 5 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All experiments were approved by the Ethics Committee at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU) (Ethical Code: IR.SBMU.MSP.REC.1402.321).
: All tissue samples were obtained from the Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and fully anonymized before use. As such, no direct patient involvement occurred, and specific consent to participate was not required.
: No individual patient data are included in this manuscript; therefore, consent to publish is not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.