Schmidt, Bianca Estefani
Leite, Ana Karla Oliveira
Farias, Clarissa Penha
Rieder, Alessandra Schmitt
Prauchner, Gustavo Ricardo Krupp
Netto, Carlos Alexandre
Wyse, Angela T. S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul
Article History
Received: 12 December 2025
Revised: 6 April 2026
Accepted: 24 April 2026
First Online: 7 May 2026
Declarations
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: All animal procedures were conducted in accordance with the Brazilian Federal Law No. 11,794 (October 8, 2008), which regulates the Brazilian Guidelines for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific and Educational Purposes, and followed the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (National Institutes of Health, USA). The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee on Animal Use of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) under protocol number 40458.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.