Bower, Andrew J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1645-5950
Zhang, Furu
Liu, Tao
Li, Joanne
Aguilera, Nancy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0863-596X
Abouassali, Sarah
Krynitsky, Jonathan
Pursley, Randy
Pohida, Tom
Kowalski, Bartlomiej
Lu, Rongwen
Dubra, Alfredo
Tam, Johnny https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2300-0567
Funding for this research was provided by:
Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (P30EY026877)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (R01EY032669)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (R01EY031360)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (R01EY032147)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (OT2OD038128)
Research to Prevent Blindness
Article History
Received: 23 May 2025
Accepted: 8 December 2025
First Online: 29 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.