Stepanović-Petrović, Radica
Nastić, Katarina
Pecikoza, Uroš
Dinić, Miroslav
Brdarić, Emilija
Labudović-Borović, Milica
Kotur-Stevuljević, Jelena
Jovanović, Aleksandar
Tomić, Maja
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (7751815)
Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering – University of Belgrade (451-03-33/2026-03/200042)
Faculty of Medicine – University of Belgrade (451-03-137/2025-03/200110)
Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia (451-03-33/2026-03/200161 and 451-03-34/2026-03/200161)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2026
Accepted: 28 July 2026
First Online: 6 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval: All experiments were conducted with approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (approval number: 323-07-09456/2020-05), and in accordance with the guidelines set by EU Directive 2010/63/EU for animal experiments. Adherence to ARRIVE guidelines is ensured for the reported animal studies.