About the Authors

Masataka Kasaoka

Contributed equally to this work with: Masataka Kasaoka, Jie Ma

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Jie Ma

Contributed equally to this work with: Masataka Kasaoka, Jie Ma

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kameran Lashkari

kameran.lashkari@schepens.harvard.edu

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL. Performed the experiments: MK JM. Analyzed the data: JM. Wrote the paper: JM KL.