About the Authors

Masahiko Sugimoto

sugimochi@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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

Atsushi Ichio

Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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

Mineo Kondo

Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS MK. Performed the experiments: MS AI. Analyzed the data: MS AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS AI. Wrote the paper: MS MK. Reviewed the manuscript: MS MK AI.