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Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
² Department of Vaccine Technology, Hacettepe University Vaccine Institute, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
³ Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Çukurova University Faculty of Pharmacy, Balcalı Sarıçam, Adana 01250, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Histology and Embryology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Stem Cell Sciences, Hacettepe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
⁶ Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Yalnızbağ Erzincan 24002, Turkey.
⁷ Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Health Sciences University, Keçiören, Ankara 06010, Turkey.

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Hülya Tezel Yalçın et al. Toxicol Res (Camb). 2025.

. 2025 Sep 15;14(5):tfaf126.

doi: 10.1093/toxres/tfaf126. eCollection 2025 Oct.

¹ Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
² Department of Vaccine Technology, Hacettepe University Vaccine Institute, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
³ Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Çukurova University Faculty of Pharmacy, Balcalı Sarıçam, Adana 01250, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Histology and Embryology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Stem Cell Sciences, Hacettepe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sıhhiye Ankara 06230, Turkey.
⁶ Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Yalnızbağ Erzincan 24002, Turkey.
⁷ Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Health Sciences University, Keçiören, Ankara 06010, Turkey.

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