Hamad, Samera H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4997-3324
Joshi, Hansa
Hess, T. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3582-6756
Jefferys, Stuart R.
Saleh, Zena
Bendjilali, Nasrine
Sellers, Rani S.
Zhu, Gord
Shrank, Travis
Moore, Rayvon T.
Corcoran, David
Simon, Jeremy M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-1663
Spitz, Francis R.
Shersher, David
Major, Michael B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-8513
Weissman, Bernard E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (T32ES007126)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (CA216051, CA216051)
Article History
Received: 6 May 2025
Revised: 4 September 2025
Accepted: 18 September 2025
First Online: 11 October 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Animal studies were conducted following an approved protocol (#19-242.0) established by Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in accordance with the guidelines of the Animal Welfare Act and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.