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Previous interventional clinical trials were complicated by its low prevalence, variability in neurodegenerative severity, and unavailability of reliable biomarkers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analyzed data from 1,226 patients enrolled in the prospective National Multi-Center Collaborative Clinical Research Program of China (2017\u20132024) to establish a clinical profile and identify noninvasive biomarkers for neurodegenerative severity. Subgroup analysis of patients with monocular TON revealed potential biomarkers, including visual functional parameters, inner retinal thickness, and time postinjury.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness showed a strong correlation with retinal ganglion cell somata (\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00b2 = 0.87,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001) and axon density (\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00b2 = 0.89,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001) in a clinically relevant large animal model. Computational analysis demonstrated that using GCC thickness as a biomarker could substantially enhance the statistical power of clinical trials (by up to 4.5-fold), as verified by real-world data.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study presents the largest epidemiological analysis of TON to date and establishes GCC thickness as a crucial biomarker for stratifying disease severity and improving the efficiency of clinical trials.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>TRIAL REGISTRATION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR-OOC-17013437).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>FUNDING<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>National Key R&amp;D Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFA1105500), Key Science and Technology Program of Wenzhou (Grant No. ZY2022021), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82471080).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1172\/jci.insight.190682","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,17]],"date-time":"2025-06-17T13:25:21Z","timestamp":1750166721000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Large-scale survey, animal models, and computational modeling identify histological neurodegenerative biomarkers for traumatic optic neuropathy"],"prefix":"10.1172","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"YiKui","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Eye Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 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