About the Authors

Shoji Notomi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Toshio Hisatomi

hisatomi@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Yusuke Murakami

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroto Terasaki

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Shozo Sonoda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Ryo Asato

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Atsunobu Takeda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yasuhiro Ikeda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroshi Enaida

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Taiji Sakamoto

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Tatsuro Ishibashi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN TH HE TI. Performed the experiments: SN HT YM. Analyzed the data: SN AT YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT SS RA TS. Wrote the paper: SN TH YI HE TI.