About the Authors

Akira Meguro

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Hidenao Ideta

Affiliation Ideta Eye Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Masao Ota

Affiliation Department of Legal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Norihiko Ito

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Ryuichi Ideta

Affiliation Ideta Eye Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Junichi Yonemoto

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Masaki Takeuchi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Riyo Uemoto

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Tadayuki Nishide

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Yasuhito Iijima

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Tatsukata Kawagoe

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Eiichi Okada

Affiliation Okada Eye Clinic, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Tomoko Shiota

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Yuta Hagihara

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Akira Oka

Affiliation Division of Molecular Life Science, Department of Genetic Information, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Hidetoshi Inoko

Affiliation Division of Molecular Life Science, Department of Genetic Information, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Nobuhisa Mizuki

mizunobu@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM H. Ideta RI AO H. Inoko NM. Performed the experiments: AM MO NI MT RU TN TK TS YH YI. Analyzed the data: AM YH AO H. Inoko. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Ideta RI JY EO H. Inoko NM. Wrote the paper: AM H. Ideta MO RI YH H. Inoko NM.