Dharmarajan, Subramanian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3016-2484
Carrillo, Casandra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4810-2917
Qi, Zhonghua http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5512-8720
Wilson, Jonathan M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8648-600X
Baucum, Anthony J. II http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-9865
Sorenson, Christine M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8461-6619
Sheibani, Nader http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2723-9217
Belecky-Adams, Teri L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1299-8448
Funding for this research was provided by:
Retina Research Foundation/Daniel M Albert chair
National Eye Institute (EY032543, P30 EY016665, R01 EY030076, R15 EY033968)
Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly Research Award Program)
Research to Prevent Blindness
Article History
Received: 4 January 2023
Accepted: 28 June 2023
First Online: 5 September 2023
Data availability
: All resources generated and/or analysed during the current study are included and available in the published article and online InternalRef removed files. All transgenic mouse lines used are commercially available.
: ZQ and TLBA would like to gratefully acknowledge a Lilly Research Award. TLBA gratefully acknowledges an NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15 EY033968). The work in the CMS and NS laboratories is supported by an unrestricted award from Research to Prevent Blindness to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Retina Research Foundation, the RRF/Daniel M. Albert chair, and by National Institutes of Health grants P30 EY016665, R01 EY030076 and R01 EY032543. The sponsors of the study did not impose any restrictions regarding the publication of data.
: ZQ and JMW are employed by Eli Lilly and Company. ZQ and TLBA were awarded a Lilly Research Award to investigate PDGFRβ in diabetic retinopathy. Funds were not related to drug development at Eli Lilly nor were any drugs tested in this study. All other authors declare that there are no relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
: TLBA, ZQ, JMW, SD, AJB, CMS, NS and CC were involved in the conception and design of the study, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data. All authors were involved in drafting or revising the article critically for important intellectual content and read and approved the final manuscript. TLBA is the guarantor of this work.