About the Authors

Ya Xing Wang

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Liang Xu

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Lei Shao

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ya Qin Zhang

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Hua Yang

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Jin Da Wang

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Jost B. Jonas

These authors share the last authorship.

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

Wen Bin Wei

wenbing_wei@yahoo.com.cn

These authors share the last authorship.

Affiliation Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

JBJ was or has been a member of advisory boards for the following companies: Allergan Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Co., Inc., Alimera Co., Boehringer Ingelheim Co. The authors state that these advisory board activities did not have anything to do with the present study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LX YXW JBJ. Performed the experiments: YXW LX LS YQZ HY JDW JBJ WBW. Analyzed the data: YXW LX LS YQZ HY JDW JBJ WBW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LX JBJ. Wrote the paper: YXW LX LS YQZ HY JDW JBJ WBW.