Noukeu, Linda
Iyer, Priyanka
Tran, Vy
Hakamivala, Amirhossein
Nguyen, Na
Tang, Liping
Nguyen, Kytai T.
Nguyen, Tam
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIH (R15 HL156076)
American Heart Association (25AIREA1357216)
Article History
Received: 14 May 2026
Accepted: 3 September 2026
First Online: 9 September 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval: The University of Texas at Arlington animal facility was approved by the Public Health Service (PHS) Animal Welfare Assurance and the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC). All protocols for our animal studies were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to ensure compliance with guidelines and regulations. Animals were taken care of and monitored by certified laboratory animal technicians and veterinarians.