Nandi, Srijaya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9462-2374
Lahiri, Aesha https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-3827
Pal, Tuhin Subhra https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8953-9485
Roy, Anamitra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3406-1667
Bairagya, Rittika https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0910-5932
Bhadra, Anindita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-9732
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (INSPIRE PhD fellowship)
University Grants Commission, India (PhD fellowship)
University Grants Commission, India (PhD fellowship)
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/HRD/NBA-NWB/39/2020-21 (YC-1))
Article History
Received: 11 September 2025
Revised: 5 January 2026
Accepted: 12 January 2026
First Online: 3 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study design did not violate the Animal Ethics regulations of the Government of India (Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Amendment 1982). The experimental protocol was approved by the IISER Kolkata Animal Ethics Committee, as part of a larger project sanctioned by the SERB (EMR/2016/000595).