About the Authors

S. N. Leow

sue_ngein@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chi D. Luu

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

M. H. Hairul Nizam

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

P. L. Mok

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Genetics & Regenerative Medicine Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

R. Ruhaslizan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

H. S. Wong

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wan Haslina Wan Abdul Halim

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

M. H. Ng

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

B. H. I. Ruszymah

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

S. R. Chowdhury

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

M. L. C. Bastion

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

K. Y. Then

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL CL KT MB M. Ng BHIR. Performed the experiments: SL PM M. Nizam RR. Analyzed the data: SL CL PM SC M. Nizam HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BHIR M. Ng SC MB. Wrote the paper: SL CL KT SC. Revised the manuscript: BHIR KT CL MB SC M. Ng PM WH M. Nizam HW SL.