Al-Amoodi, Asma S.
Alghuneim, Arwa A.
Malki, Jana S.
Nozue, Shuho
Li, Yanyan
Kai, Jing
Zhang, Huoming
Bensaddek, Dalila
Abdel-Aziz, Amal Kamal
Habuchi, Satoshi
Merzaban, Jasmeen S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 27 October 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 29 January 2026
Declarations
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: All in vivo experimental procedures were conducted in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NIH Publication No. 85–23, revised 1996) and the Implementing Regulations of the Law of Ethics of Research on Living Creatures (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia National Committee of Bioethics, 3rd Edition). All protocols were approved by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) under protocol number 17IACUC20.
: The authors declare no competing interests.