1Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

2Prof. Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

3Bausch & Lomb Contact lens Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

4The Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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Submitted: January 17, 2022

Accepted: July 31, 2022

Funding/Support: Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (BT/HRD/35/02/24/2009; to SRB); Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (BT/PR32404/MED/30/2136/2019; to SRB); and Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None of the authors have reported a financial conflict of interest.

Author Contributions and Acknowledgments: Conceptualization: PKV, SRB; Data Curation: PK, SRB; Formal Analysis: AMP, PK, SRB; Funding Acquisition: SRB; Investigation: AMP, PK, SRB; Methodology: AMP, SRB; Project Administration: AMP, PK, PKV, SRB; Resources: SRB; Software: AMP, SRB; Supervision: PK, PKV, SRB; Validation: AMP, PK, SRB; Visualization: AMP, SRB; Writing – Original Draft: AMP, PK, SRB; Writing – Review & Editing: AMP, PK, PKV, SRB.

The authors thank all the participants of this study. This study was financially supported by the Ramalingaswami Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India to Shrikant R. Bharadwaj (BT/HRD/35/02/24/2009), a partnership grant from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India to the L V Prasad Eye Institute (BT/PR32404/MED/30/2136/2019), and by the Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L V Prasad Eye Institute.