Ganesh, Kailash
Gomes, Sarah Michael
Vasishta, Sampara
Poojary, Ganesha
Thimmappa, Pooja Yedehalli
Peesapati, Sruthi
Kabekkodu, Shama Prasada
Mallya, Sandeep
Guruprasad, Kanive Parashiva
Singh, Amit
Umakanth, Shashikiran
Chakraborty, Sandipan
Joshi, Manjunath B.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 20 July 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 10 January 2026
Declarations
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: All animal studies were approved by the institutional animal ethics committee, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (IAEC/KMC/07/2020) and were conducted in accordance with the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) guidelines, Government of India. All human studies were approved by institutional ethics committee, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (472/2020) and all procedures were conducted in accordance with the NDCT Rules (2019), ICH–Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP), Ethical guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research on Human Participants, Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was received prior to participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.