Zhang, Bi-Ning
Qi, Benxiang
Dong, Chunxiao
Zhang, Bin
Cheng, Jun
Wang, Xin
Li, Suxia
Zhuang, Xiaoyun
Chen, Shijiu
Duan, Haoyun
Li, Dewei
Zhu, Sujie
Li, Guoyun
Cao, Yihai
Zhou, Qingjun
Xie, Lixin
Article History
Received: 9 February 2023
Accepted: 10 May 2023
First Online: 11 July 2023
Compliance and ethics
: The authors declare no competing interest. This study was conducted in compliance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Qingdao Eye Hospital (2021-09). Informed consent was obtained from the participants involved in the study. The use of data in this was approved by the Academic Board of Qingdao Eye Institute. Corneal tissues from healthy donors were obtained from the Eye Bank of Qingdao Eye Hospital, while diseased corneas from MCD patients were collected during corneal transplantation surgeries. The animal study protocols were approved by the Animal Investigation Committee of the Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University. All animal procedures were performed in accordance with The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) statement.