Satheesh, Gopika https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5541-6404
Asokan, Aneesh K.
Vijayakumar, Gadadharan
Rajavelu, Arumugam
Rao, Sudha Narayana
Sivakumar, Krishnankutty Chandrika
Jaleel, Abdul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2536-9093
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (BT/PR8444/MED/30/1021/2013 & BT/INF/22/SP44288/2021)
Article History
Received: 17 November 2025
Accepted: 21 January 2026
First Online: 16 April 2026
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: This study was approved by the institutional ethical committees of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (IHEC/1/2018/06) and Medical Trust Hospital and Diabetes Care Centre. All procedures performed in the studies involving human participants were following the institutional and national research committee’s ethical standards and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all the study participants.
: All participants provided written informed consent, which included permission for the use and publication of their de-identified data. No identifiable personal information is included in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.