Angelis, Nikolaos V. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4721-1636
Paronis, Efthymios
Sarikaki, Georgia
Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos-Stylianos
Velentzas, Athanassios D.
Mikropoulou, Eleni V.
Stathopoulos, Panagiotis
Katsimpoulas, Michalis
Kostomitsopoulos, Nikolaos G.
Aggeli, Ioanna-Katerina
Papageorgis, Panagiotis
Kostopoulos, Ioannis V.
Efthimiopoulos, Spyridon
Iliopoulos, Dimitrios
Baxevanis, Constantin N.
Kostakis, Ioannis K.
Skaltsounis, Alexios-Leandros
Stravopodis, Dimitrios J.
Tsitsilonis, Ourania E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Regional Development Fund (T2ΕDK-02423)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2025
Accepted: 5 March 2026
First Online: 27 March 2026
Declarations
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: Animal experiments were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of Greece and the EU guidelines. All mice were bred and maintained at the Animal Facility of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece, under optimal conditions previously described in detail [ ]. The study protocol was approved by the Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Service of the Prefecture of Athens (approval number: 497344/01-06-2022). Human peripheral blood sampling was performed following the informed consent of the donors, according to the regulations approved by the 2nd Peripheral Blood Transfusion Unit and Hemorophilic Centre of the “Laikon” General Hospital Institutional Review Board, Athens, Greece. All related procedures involving human subjects were conducted conforming to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.