Kadam, Swarali
Fernandes, Gasper
Jain, Naitik
Mutalik, Srinivas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0642-1928
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 31 January 2026
Accepted: 3 July 2026
First Online: 9 July 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical Statement: The animal study protocol was approved by the IAEC, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (IAEC/KMC/04/2023).
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