About the Authors

Makoto Shirasawa

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

Taiji Sakamoto

tsakamot@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

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

Hiroto Terasaki

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

Takehiro Yamashita

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

Eisuke Uchino

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

Shozo Sonoda

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS TS. Performed the experiments: TS EU SS HT. Analyzed the data: MS TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS. Wrote the paper: MS TS.