About the Authors

Yuan Yuan Hu

Affiliations The First College of Clinical Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan Shandong, China

Jian Feng Wu

Affiliation The First College of Clinical Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China

Tai Liang Lu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan Shandong, China

Hui Wu

Affiliation Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China

Wei Sun

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan Shandong, China

Xing Rong Wang

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan Shandong, China, Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China

Hong Sheng Bi

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong Sheng Bi, Jost B. Jonas

hongshengbi@126.com

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan Shandong, China, Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China

Jost B. Jonas

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong Sheng Bi, Jost B. Jonas

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Seegartenklinik Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YYH JFW TLL HW WS XRW HSB JBJ. Performed the experiments: YYH JFW TLL HW WS XRW HSB. Analyzed the data: YYH JFW TLL HW WS XRW HSB JBJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HSB. Wrote the paper: YYH JFW TLL HW WS XRW HSB JBJ.