About the Authors

Kyoung Sub Choi

Contributed equally to this work with: Kyoung Sub Choi, Sang-Hyun Kim

Affiliations The Graduate School of Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Ophthalmology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang city, South Korea

Sang-Hyun Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Kyoung Sub Choi, Sang-Hyun Kim

Affiliation Viral Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, South Korea

Eun-Do Kim

Affiliations The Graduate School of Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and Ear Hospital, Severance Hospital, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Sang-Ho Lee

Affiliation Viral Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, South Korea

Soo Jung Han

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and Ear Hospital, Severance Hospital, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Sangchul Yoon

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and Ear Hospital, Severance Hospital, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Kyu-Tae Chang

seoky@yuhs.ac (KYS); changkt@kribb.re.kr (KTC)

Affiliation The National Primate Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Ochang, Cheongwon, Chungbuk, South Korea

Kyoung Yul Seo

seoky@yuhs.ac (KYS); changkt@kribb.re.kr (KTC)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and Ear Hospital, Severance Hospital, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSC EDK SHK KTC KYS. Performed the experiments: KSC EDK SHL SJH SCY. Analyzed the data: KSC EDK SJH SCY KYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHK SHL. Wrote the paper: KSC SHK EDK. Helped write and revise the manuscript: EDK KYS.