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. 2026 Sep 10;27(18):8073. doi: 10.3390/ijms27188073
ZnO NPs Zinc oxide nanoparticles
ALT Alanine aminotransferase
AST Aspartate aminotransferase
MDA Malondialdehyde
GSH Reduced glutathione
SOD2 Superoxide dismutase 2 (mitochondrial)
Cu/Zn-SOD Copper–zinc superoxide dismutase
HO-1 Heme oxygenase-1
IL-6 Interleukin-6
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
miRNA MicroRNA
RT-qPCR Reverse transcription–quantitative polymerase chain reaction
GAPDH Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
U6 snRNA U6 small nuclear RNA
H&E Hematoxylin and eosin
IHC Immunohistochemistry
DAB 3,3′-Diaminobenzidine
PBS Phosphate-buffered saline
cDNA Complementary DNA
SEM Standard error of the mean
ANOVA Analysis of variance
MIQE Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments