Shahror, Rami A.
Zaman, Bushra
Chuesiang, Piyanan
Wild, Melissa
Shosha, Esraa
Leung, Yuet-Kin
Mu, Shengyu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9368-7881
Rusch, Nancy J.
Fouda, Abdelrahman Y. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3042-9425
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (R00 EY029373)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (R01 EY035658)
American Heart Association
Article History
Received: 20 June 2025
Revised: 19 March 2026
Accepted: 10 April 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: We confirm that all experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and, performed in accordance with the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) guide for the care and use of laboratory animals.