Finally, while NicheNet predicts that BMP9/10 from stellate cells would signal through ALK1 to induce KC development and maintenance, a prediction in line with our previous NicheNet analysis (Bonnardel et al., 2019), another recent study has suggested that transforming growth factor (TGF)β signaling would be important for KCs (Sakai et al., 2019). This evidence concerns the gene ACVRL1 and keratoconus.