Ortega, Antonio J.
Daniel, Steffi
Renwick, Marian
Kambhampati, Pravallika
Thompson, Krista N.
Collier, Gracen E.
Baker, Emily L.
Zaki, Hasan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9002-5399
Hulleman, John D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8149-656X
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (R01-EY027785)
Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation (N/A)
UT Southwestern Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, Sprouts Pilot Grant
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (R01-DK125352, R01-DK128031)
Article History
Received: 30 September 2024
Revised: 27 August 2025
Accepted: 17 September 2025
First Online: 6 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures were conducted under an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)-approved animal protocol (#2016-101740 at UT Southwestern, #2308-41350A at UMN) and followed the ARVO guidelines for the “Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research”.