Wada, Yoichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-5608
Aihara, Yu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-9369
Mikami-Saito, Yasuko
Suzuki, Tomohisa
Fujiki, Ryoji
Ohara, Osamu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3328-9571
Kikuchi, Atsuo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1002-8739
Kure, Shigeo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (25ek0109636s1103)
The Japan Foundation for Pediatric Research, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Research Program on Rare and Intractable Diseases Grant
Takeda Science Foundation (NA)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Accepted: 14 November 2025
First Online: 15 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine at Tohoku University (Miyagi, Japan) approved the study investigating the relationship between cataract occurrence and genetic background (approval number: 2019-1-012). During the preparation of this study, YW utilized ChatGPT5 to enhance readability and language clarity. After using this tool, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and take full responsibility for the content of the publication.