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Guinea pigs were randomly divided into normal control (NC) group, lens-induced myopia (LIM) group, rhBMP2 low-dose group (LD), rhBMP2 medium-dose group (MD), and rhBMP2 high-dose group (HD). After rhBMP2 intervention, myopic refraction was reduced and axial growth was delayed compared with the LIM group; Hematoxylin\u2013eosin (H&amp;amp;E) staining showed that the arrangement of scleral collagen fibers was loose, the disorder was improved, and the cavities were reduced, especially in MD group; and immunofluorescence staining showed elevated\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                    -SMA protein expression. Q-PCR and western blot results showed that after rhBMP2 intervention, at the mRNA and protein levels, the expression of BMPRIA, smad1, smad5, smad9, smad4, TIMP2, and Col1A1 was up-regulated, and MMP2 expression was down-regulated when compared with the LIM group. 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