Ma, Yujie
Zhang, Zijie
Ramos, Erika Thalia
Martin, Elias
Gunukula, Rahul
Sprabary, Kara
Jun, Heejin
Article History
Received: 19 March 2025
Revised: 25 September 2025
Accepted: 31 October 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All experimental procedures involving animals were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Texas Tech University (IACUC protocol PRO22015-02) and carried out in compliance with the approved protocol, institutional guidelines, and relevant regulations.