About the Authors

Xue Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Jian Xiao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Henning Fröhlich

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

Xiaomeng Tu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Lianlian Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Yue Xu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Huateng Cao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Jia Qu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Gudrun A. Rappold

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

Jie-Guang Chen

jiesbooks@gmail.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Visual Science, National Ministry of Health, and School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGC. Performed the experiments: XL JX HF XMT. Analyzed the data: LLL YX HTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HF JQ. Wrote the paper: XL GAR JGC.