El Hady, Reine
Fattouh, Nour
Finianos, Marc
Bitar, Ibrahim
Fakih, Tarek
Husni, Rola
Khalaf, Roy A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-7730
Article History
Received: 17 June 2024
Accepted: 24 December 2024
First Online: 10 February 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Approval for sample collection from patients was obtained on April 26, 2016, by the Institutional Review Board of the Lebanese American University under approval code LAU.SOM.RH1.26/Apr/2016. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects or their legal guardians. Ethical approval for mice manipulation was obtained in June 2022 by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Lebanese American University under approval code: LAU.ACUC.SAS.RK5.12/June/2022. This study was carried out in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines53.