Lee, Seok Jae https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1523-0012
Nam, Bae-Geun
Hong, Sung-Ah
Jo, Dong Hyun
Lee, Sang-Mok
Bae, Sangsu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-8566
Kim, Jeong Hun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2957-1766
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (2022M3A9E4017127)
National Research Foundation of Korea (RS-2023-00260351)
National Research Foundation of Korea (RS-2024-00467177)
Seoul National University Hospital (18-2023-0010)
National Research Council of Science and Technology (GTL24021-000)
Korean Fund for Regenerative Medicine(KFRM) grant
Article History
Received: 10 July 2025
Revised: 28 January 2026
Accepted: 25 February 2026
First Online: 12 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest in relation to this article.
: All animal procedures and related protocols were conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research and were approved by the Seoul National University Animal Care and Use Committee. This study was conducted exclusively on mice; therefore, obtaining consent to participate was not applicable.