Gupta, Pankaj https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3914-3757
Dutta, Niharika
Sinha, Saroj K.
Singh, Harjeet
Irrinki, Santosh
Gulati, Ajay
Sharma, Madhurima
Prakash, Mahesh
Sinha, Anindita
Prakash, Gaurav
Yadav, Thakur Deen
Kaman, Lileshwar
Yadav, Rajnikant
Gupta, Archana
Kumar, Ishan
Kumari, Kajal
Gupta, Rajesh
Dutta, Usha
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (2021-14553)
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/PR51120/AI/133/179/2024)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2025
Accepted: 31 October 2025
First Online: 19 January 2026
Declarations
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: PG, ND, SKS, HS, SI, AG, MS, MP, AS, GP, TDY, LK, RY, AG, IK, KK, RG and UD declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the institute’s ethics committee and the need for informed written consent was waived.
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