About the Authors
- Masakazu Nakano
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Contributed equally to this work with: Masakazu Nakano, Yoko Ikeda, Yuichi Tokuda
Affiliation Department of Genomic Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Yoko Ikeda
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Contributed equally to this work with: Masakazu Nakano, Yoko Ikeda, Yuichi Tokuda
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Yuichi Tokuda
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Contributed equally to this work with: Masakazu Nakano, Yoko Ikeda, Yuichi Tokuda
Affiliation Department of Genomic Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Masahiro Fuwa
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Affiliations Department of Genomic Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Research and Development Center, Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Nara, Japan
- Natsue Omi
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Affiliation Department of Genomic Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Morio Ueno
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Kojiro Imai
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Hiroko Adachi
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Affiliation Department of Genomic Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Masaaki Kageyama
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Affiliation Research and Development Center, Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Nara, Japan
- Kazuhiko Mori
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Shigeru Kinoshita
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* E-mail: tashiro@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp (KT); shigeruk@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp (SK)
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Kei Tashiro
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* E-mail: tashiro@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp (KT); shigeruk@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp (SK)
Affiliation Department of Genomic Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Competing Interests
This study has been completed under the Collaborative Research Agreement executed by Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. All materials and information produced throughout this study are parts of co-owned intellectual properties. MF and MK are employees of Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SK KT. Performed the experiments: MN YI NO MU KI HA KM. Analyzed the data: MN YT SK KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YI MF MU KI MK KM SK. Wrote the paper: MN YI YT KM SK KT.