Kumar, R. Ilaya https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2105-5533
Jain, Kavya https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6862-1006
Arora, Prashasti https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8894-5431
Gururajan, Harshnna https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0838-6588
Rai, Karan Raj https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7490-8031
Mukherjee, Oishi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5074-5030
George, Melvin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-8513
Sarkar, Koustav https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0696-6688
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (EMDR/ SG/15/2023-5901).)
Article History
Received: 8 May 2025
Accepted: 18 November 2025
First Online: 22 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Blood samples were collected from healthy donors and NSCLC patients with their consent as per the regulation of Institutional Ethics Committee of SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India (Ethics Clearance Number: 2909/IEC/2021).
: This manuscript/data, or parts thereof, has not been submitted for possible publication to another journal and the work has previously been published elsewhere.