Almansa-García, Ana-Cristina
Armento, Angela
Cao, Bowen
Petremann-Dumé, Anne-Sophie
Salmaso, Stefano
Caliceti, Paolo
Henes, Cristine
Bolz, Sylvie
Kilger, Ellen
Süsskind, Daniela
Ueffing, Marius
Arango-Gonzalez, Blanca
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pro Retina-Stiftung
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (AR1432/2-1)
Tistou and Charlotte Kerstan Stiftung
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Article History
Received: 22 August 2025
Accepted: 29 December 2025
First Online: 10 January 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures involving porcine and macaque tissues were performed in accordance with institutional guidelines and were approved by the local competent authority (Landratsamt Tübingen), under the registration number DE 08 416 1157 21, authorizing the use of category 1 animal by-products for research purposes (Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009; Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011). Human tissue use was approved by the local ethics committee (Landratsamt Tübingen, reference number: 185/2021BO2).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.