Wu, Hao
Xiao, Zhiqiang
Mai, Zhiqing
Chen, Guanyu
Luo, Xiaoshuang
Li, Zuoyi
Wang, Minzhen
Chen, Xiaoqing
Li, Zhuang
Liang, Dan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (U22A20308)
the Research Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology (2025QNJS21)
the Research Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, the Open Research Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology (2025QZLH03)
the Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Major Blinding Eye Diseases Prevention and Treatment (SJCQN-004)
Article History
Received: 26 March 2026
Accepted: 17 June 2026
First Online: 10 July 2026
Declarations
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: The experimental procedures involving animals were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, and adhered to the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research (Approval No. Z2026017). We also express our gratitude to all the patients for providing the samples. All participants in this study provided written informed consent. The experimental protocols involving human subjects were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University (Approval no. 2020KYPJ104).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.