About the Authors

Xiusheng Song

Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, the Central Hospital of Enshi Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi, Hubei Province, China

Affiliation State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Lixin Xie

lixin_xie@yahoo.com

Affiliation State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Xiaodong Tan

Affiliation Public Health College of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Zhichong Wang

Affiliation Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guandong Province, China

Yanning Yang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Yuansheng Yuan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China

Yingping Deng

Affiliation Eye Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Shaoying Fu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, First clinical College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

Jianjiang Xu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Xuguang Sun

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing, China

Xunlun Sheng

Affiliation The People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, China

Qing Wang

Affiliation Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X. Song LX XT X. Sun. Performed the experiments: X. Song ZW Y. Yang Y. Yuan YD SF JX X. Sun X. Sheng QW. Analyzed the data: X. Song LX XT ZW Y. Yang Y. Yuan YD SF JX X. Sun X. Sheng QW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LX XT ZW Y. Yang Y. Yuan YD SF JX X. Sun X. Sheng QW. Wrote the paper: X. Song LX.