About the Authors

Xianglong Yi

Affiliations The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing, China, Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Liping Du

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing, China

Shengping Hou

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing, China

Fuzhen Li

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing, China

Yuanyuan Chen

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing, China

Aize Kijlstra

Affiliation University Eye Clinic Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Peizeng Yang

peizengycmu@126.com

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY PY. Performed the experiments: XY LD SH YC. Analyzed the data: XY LD FL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XY LD PY SH. Wrote the paper: XY PY AK.