About the Authors

Akihito Uji

akihito1@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Tomoaki Murakami

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Yuki Muraoka

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Yoshikatsu Hosoda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Shin Yoshitake

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Yoko Dodo

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Shigeta Arichika

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Nagahisa Yoshimura

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Dr. Yoshimura has received financial support from Topcon Corporation, Nidek, and Canon. He has also served as a consultant to Nidek. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AU TM. Performed the experiments: AU TM YM YH SY YD SA. Analyzed the data: AU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AU TM YM YH SY YD NY SA. Wrote the paper: AU.