Oliveira, Sara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-7959
Guimarães, Pedro
Roque-Rosado, Ângelo
Campos, Elisa Julião
Serranho, Pedro
Matafome, Paulo
Bernardes, Rui
Ambrósio, António Francisco
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2020.07432.BD, UIDB/04539/Base/2020, UIDP/04539/Programatico/2020, UIDB/04950/Base/2020, UIDP/04950/Programatico/2020, UIDB/04539/Base/2025, UIDP/04539/Programatico/2025)
Sociedade Portuguesa De Diabetologia (Bolsa Charneco da Costa - Investigação Fundamental em Diabetologia, Bolsas e Prémios SPD 2024)
Article History
Received: 28 March 2025
Accepted: 3 August 2025
First Online: 3 September 2025
Declarations
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: All animal procedures were performed in compliance with the European Community directive guidelines (2010/63/EU) for the use of experimental animals, transposed into Portuguese law in 2013 (Decreto-lei 113/2013). The procedures were approved by the Animal Welfare Committee of the Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (ORBEA 02/2021), and received further approval from the Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária (DGAV–approval no. 0421/000/000/2021). Additionally, animal experimentation was conducted in accordance with the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.