Al-Hussaini, Heba https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1571-109X
D’Souza, Leora https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9206-4815
Hasan, Sonia M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3359-8208
Al-Onaizi, Mohammed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3934-4233
Abed, Baha S.
Jahanbani, Iman
Madhyastha, Sampath
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kuwait University (grant number RM01/20)
Research core Facility, Kuwait University (grant number SRUL02/13)
Article History
Received: 17 January 2026
Accepted: 1 September 2026
First Online: 7 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics Approval: All experimental procedures were conducted in accordance to Kuwait University (Animal Resources Centre) and ARRIVE guidelines. The protocol was reviewed and approved (Approval number: 13110) by the Animal Ethical Committee of the College of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University.
Competing interests: The authors have no competing interests to disclose.