Nigiz, Merve
Özden, Feyza Otan
Tunçel, Özgür Korhan
Önger, Mehmet Emin
Çakmak, Eser
Yılmaz, Fikret https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-4788
Funding for this research was provided by:
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (121S394)
Article History
Received: 23 December 2025
Accepted: 11 June 2026
First Online: 19 June 2026
Declarations
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: All animals were treated humanely in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals prepared by the National Academy of Sciences and published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study was reported in compliance with the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines for animal research. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ondokuz Mayıs University Local Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments, which serves as the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the university (Approval No: 2020-61, dated 26 November 2020).
: This study does not involve identifiable human data or clinical images that require publication consent; therefore, it is not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.