About the Authors

Mizuka Kamoi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yoko Ogawa

yoko@z7.keio.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Murat Dogru

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toshihiro Nagai

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroto Obata

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Masataka Ito

Affiliation Department of Developmental Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Minako Kaido

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Kawakita

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yasunori Okada

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Kawakami

Affiliation Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeto Shimmura

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Tsubota

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK Y. Ogawa SN KT. Performed the experiments: MK Y. Ogawa SN TN HO MI MK. Analyzed the data: MK Y. Ogawa SN TN HO MI MK TK Y. Okada YK SS KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK Y. Ogawa SN TN HO MI MK TK Y. Okada YK SS KT. Wrote the paper: MK Y. Ogawa HO MI Y. Okada YK SS KT. Final approvement: MK Y. Ogawa SN MD TN HO MI MK TK Y. Okada YK SS KT.