About the Authors

Yuka Okada

yokada@wakayama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Kumi Shirai

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Masayasu Miyajima

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Center, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Peter S. Reinach

Affiliation Wenzhou Medical University School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, P. R. China

Osamu Yamanaka

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Takayoshi Sumioka

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Masahide Kokado

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Katsuo Tomoyose

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Shizuya Saika

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Data curation: SS. Formal analysis: YO SS. Funding acquisition: YO KS OY TS MK KT SS. Investigation: YO KS MM OY TS MK KT. Methodology: YO SS. Project administration: YO SS. Resources: PSR MM. Supervision: SS. Visualization: YO. Writing – original draft: YO PSR SS. Writing – review & editing: PSR.