About the Authors

Masatoshi Nagaya

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Shinji Ueno

ueno@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Taro Kominami

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Ayami Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Toshiyuki Koyasu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Mineo Kondo

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Takahisa Furukawa

Affiliations Laboratory for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, JST, CREST, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hiroko Terasaki

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SU HT MK. Performed the experiments: MN T. Koyasu. Analyzed the data: SU MN T. Kominami AN MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TF. Wrote the paper: SU MN.