About the Authors

Ting Chen

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Delu Song

Affiliation Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Guangliang Shan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Ke Wang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Yiwei Wang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Jin Ma

majin1912@163.com (JM); yzhong_eye@163.com (YZ)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Yong Zhong

majin1912@163.com (JM); yzhong_eye@163.com (YZ)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ JM TC. Performed the experiments: TC DLS YWW. Analyzed the data: TC GLS KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ JM TC GLS KW DLS YWW. Wrote the paper: YZ JM TC DLS YWW GLS KW.