Manhas, Janvie
Bhardwaj, Ruchi
Tyagi, Sagar
Kapuganti, Ramani Shyam
Bharadwaj, Anushree
Sharma, Jaydeep
Sharma, Gunjan
Joshi, Diksha
Jain, Ayushi
Mani, Priyanka
Deo, S. V. S.
Parshad, Rajinder
Das, Prasenjit
Singh, Archna
Mathew, Sam J.
Sen, Sudip
Palanichamy, Jayanth Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health Research, India (Young Scientist HRD Fellowship grant (R.12014/04/2017-HR))
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (Senior Research Fellowship)
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (Senior Research Fellowship)
Science and Engineering Research Board (ANRF National Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Science and Engineering Research Board (Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship)
Indian Council of Medical Research (Senior Research Fellowship)
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR Intermediate Grant (IIRPIG-2023-0000292))
UGC-DAEĀ Consortium for Scientific Research, University Grants Commission (Senior Research Fellowship)
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (Inspire Fellowship)
Article History
Received: 7 October 2025
Accepted: 1 April 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Declarations
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: JM, AS, JKP, and SS are inventors on a patent application related to the findings presented in this manuscript; the patent has been filed and is currently pending. All other authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics and Biosafety Committees (IECPG-523/26.10.2016) and the Animal Ethics Committee (RCB/IAEC/2021/111). Samples were collected after obtaining informed consent, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki regulations.
: All authors have read the manuscript and agree to publish.