About the Authors

Zi-Feng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Chinese PLA, Xi-Jing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Jian Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Yan-Nian Hui

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Chinese PLA, Xi-Jing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Min-Hua Zheng

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics and Developmental Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Xin-Ping Liu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Peter F. Kador

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Yu-Sheng Wang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Chinese PLA, Xi-Jing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Li-Bo Yao

zhoujian@fmmu.edu.cn (JZ); bioyao@fmmu.edu.cn (L-BY)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Jian Zhou

zhoujian@fmmu.edu.cn (JZ); bioyao@fmmu.edu.cn (L-BY)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Chinese PLA, Xi-Jing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Zhou L-BY Z-FZ. Performed the experiments: Z-FZ J. Zhang M-HZ. Analyzed the data: J. Zhou L-BY Z-FZ Y-NH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: X-PL Y-SW J. Zhang. Wrote the paper: Z-FZ J. Zhou PFK.