Patra, Dipyaman
Varghese, Geetu Rose
Jaikumar, Vishnu Sunil
Rajan, Arathi
Krishnan, Neethu
Kuppuswamy, Krithiga https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-3146
Thankappan, Rateeshkumar
Srinivas, Priya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3872-7128
Funding for this research was provided by:
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (37WS (0059)/2023-24/EMR-II/ASPIRE)])
University Grants Commission ([482/OBC (CSIR UGC NET DEC. 2016)], 958/(CSIR-UGC NET DEC. 2016)])
DST | Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-INSPIRE/03/2014/000159, [PDF/2015/00467])
Article History
Received: 27 November 2024
Revised: 8 September 2025
Accepted: 19 September 2025
First Online: 7 October 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal experiments were performed with the approval and according to the guidelines of Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) (Protocol No. IAEC/807/PRY/2020). All in vitro experiments were performed with approval and according to the guidelines of Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC), RGCB.