Yuan, Xiang-Ling
Hughes, David
Cui, Xuexue
Zhou, Ruiqi
Qi, Jinyan
Yi, Caijiao
Liu, Jian
McFetridge, Sarah
Silva, Johnatas Dutra
Naderi-Meshkin, Hojjat
Krasnodembskaya, Anna D
Xu, Heping
Chen, Mei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science Research Foundation of Aier Eye Hospital Group (AIM2301D02)
Philanthropy Foundation of Xiangjiang Public Welfare Fund (KY24002)
Hunan Provincial Natural Science Fund (2023JJ70047)
Article History
Received: 22 September 2025
Accepted: 21 April 2026
First Online: 30 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The animal study protocols were approved by the Animal Welfare Ethics Committee of AIER Eye Institute (Ref no: AEI20230016) and the Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) of Queen’s University Belfast (License number 2876, approved 28/10/2019).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.