About the Authors

Aihua Hou

Affiliation Ocular Surface Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Li Xian Toh

Affiliation RGS Group, Institute of Medical Biology, A, Star, Singapore, Singapore

Kah Hui Gan

Affiliation Ocular Surface Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Khee Jin Ryan Lee

Affiliation Ocular Surface Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Edward Manser

Affiliation RGS Group, Institute of Medical Biology, A, Star, Singapore, Singapore

Louis Tong

Louis.tong.h.t@snec.com.sg

Affiliations Ocular Surface Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM LT. Performed the experiments: AH LXT GKH RLKJ. Analyzed the data: AH EM LT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM LT. Wrote the manuscript: AH EM LT.