About the Authors
- Ya Xing Wang
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Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Liang Xu
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Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Lei Shao
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Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Ya Qin Zhang
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Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Hua Yang
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Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Jin Da Wang
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Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Jost B. Jonas
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¶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
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* E-mail: 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.