Skrzypczyk, Lea
Ackermann, Bryan Calder
Augustin, Victor Aristide
Rahn, Ulrike
Uhl, Philipp
Auffarth, Gerd Uwe
Hammer, Maximilian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5496-2537
Funding for this research was provided by:
Joachim Herz Stiftung (Innovate!Hammer)
Ernst und Berta Grimmke Stiftung
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (13GW0712C)
Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg der Universität Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 7 September 2025
First Online: 25 September 2025
Declarations
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: Gerd Uwe Auffarth reports grants, personal fees, non-financial support and consulting fees from Johnson & Johnson and Alcon, grants, personal fees, and non-financial support from Carl Zeiss Meditec, Hoya, Kowa,Oculentis/Teleon, Rayner, Santen, Sifi, Ursa-pharm, grants and personal fees from Biotech, Oculus, EyeYon grants from Acufocus, Conta-mac, Glaukos, Physiol, Rheacell, outside the submitted work. None of the other authors declares a possible conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted.