Kamal, Mehta Vedant https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4126-6094
Palod, Akhil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-8255
Parida, Preetiparna
Pai, Ananth https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-4420
Sharan, Krishna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7949-1708
Belle, Vijetha Shenoy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-9661
Damerla, Rama Rao https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6815-0097
Rao, Mahadev https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-5399
Kumar, Naveena A. N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1759-1500
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE FSM No. 00001040)
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/RLF/Re-entry/21/2018)
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (DST-FIST TPN: 32196)
Article History
Received: 3 May 2025
Accepted: 16 September 2025
First Online: 4 October 2025
Declarations
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: This project was reviewed by the institutional ethics committee of the Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital, and approval was obtained (IEC: 595/2020). Informed consent was obtained from all the individuals whose samples were used in the study. All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and institutional regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Informed consent was obtained from all study participants whose samples were utilised.