Hammer, Sandra S.
Dorweiler, Tim F.
McFarland, Delaney
Adu-Agyeiwaah, Yvonne
Mast, Natalia
El-Darzi, Nicole
Fortmann, Seth D.
Nooti, Sunil
Agrawal, Devendra K.
Pikuleva, Irina A.
Abela, George S.
Grant, Maria B.
Busik, Julia V.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Eye Institute (R01EY016077, R01EY025383, R01EY028049, R01EY030766)
Article History
Received: 1 December 2022
Accepted: 18 April 2023
First Online: 14 June 2023
Acknowledgements
: The authors would like to thank Professor Christine A. Curcio from the University of Alabama at Birmingham for helpful suggestions and discussion of the study and Abby Vanderberg and the MSU Center for advanced microscopy for CC imaging.
: The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article and its supplementary materials. RNAseq data are available in ESM Tables InternalRef removed and InternalRef removed.
: This study was funded by NIH National Eye Institute grants R01EY025383, R01EY016077, R01EY028049, R01EY012601, R01EY0336220, R01EY032753, R01EY028858 and R01EY030766.
: The authors declare that there are no relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work. JVB is a consultant for Ceramdeix, Inc. and a member of the editorial board of <i>Diabetologia</i>.
: SSH and TFD were involved in the conception and design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the data and drafting and revising the manuscript. DM, YA-A, NM, NE-D, SDF, SN and DKA were involved in acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the data and revising the manuscript, and gave final approval of the version to be published. IAP, GSA, MBG and JVB were involved in the conception and design of the study, analysis and interpretation of the data and drafting and revising the manuscript, and gave final approval of the version to be published. IAP, GSA, MBG and JVB are the guarantors of the study and are responsible for the integrity of the work as a whole. All authors approved the final version.