Collection of lens capsule
This study received ethical approval from the Medical Science Research Ethics Committee of Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital (Approval No. SH9H-2023-T64-2). A total of sixteen patients diagnosed with cataracts were recruited from the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital. Of these, nine patients were diagnosed with age-related cataracts and served as the control group, while seven patients with high myopic cataracts comprised the experimental group. All participants, or their legal guardians, were thoroughly informed about the study and provided written informed consent. Patients’ information was shown in Tables S1 in supplementary information (SI). The lens capsules were collected in the standard step of capsulorhexis during cataract surgery and preserved in a tissue storage solution for future use.