Zhang, Wenlin
Ramya, Divya Sree
Araujo, Eduardo
Venkatakrishnan, Jhuwala
Gupta, Saloni
Matsubayashi, Isa
Morselli, Marco
Kaginalkar, Ananya
Chaurasia, Sunita
Pellegrini, Matteo
Tandon, Radhika
Ramappa, Muralidhar
Arnold, Arthur
Aldave, Anthony J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
UCLA CTSI-Iris Cantor Women Center Young Investigator Award
the Stotter Revocable Trust
NEI core grant (P30EY000331)
Research to Prevent Blindness (Unrestricted Grant)
Article History
Received: 9 December 2025
Accepted: 10 March 2026
First Online: 28 March 2026
Declarations
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: Approval for this study involving human subjects was obtained from the Institutional Review Boards at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA IRB#11–000020) and LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI IRB# LEC-BHR-P-07_23-1065), respectively. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects in this study using their preferred language according to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval for this study involving animals was obtained from the Animal Research Committee at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA ARC-2018-050). All mice were used in the experiments in accordance with institutional guidelines and the current regulations of the National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the ARVO Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.