About the Authors

Zhiyi Zhao

Affiliations Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Rongjie Yu

Affiliation Bio-engineering Institute of Jinan University, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Jiayin Yang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, South China Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Xiaofei Liu

Affiliation Bio-engineering Institute of Jinan University, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Meihua Tan

Affiliations Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

HongYang Li

Affiliations Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Jiansu Chen

chenjiansu2000@163.com

Affiliations Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ RY JC. Performed the experiments: ZZ JY XL MT HYL. Analyzed the data: ZZ RY JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC. Wrote the paper: ZZ JC.