About the Authors

Ying Dai

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Dai, Yonglong Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Yonglong Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Dai, Yonglong Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Chan Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Qing Liu

Affiliations Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Yan Yang

Affiliations Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Shanyi Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Xiaoling Guo

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Ruiling Lian

Affiliations Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Rongjie Yu

Affiliation Bioengineering Institute of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Hongwei Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Jiansu Chen

chenjiansu2000@163.com

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC YD YG. Performed the experiments: YD YG CW. Analyzed the data: YG YD SL YY QL RY JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XG RL RY HL JC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JC YG YD.