About the Authors

Mei Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Wang, Yajing Zuo

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Yajing Zuo

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Wang, Yajing Zuo

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Xianhua Lin

Affiliation Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Yunlan Ling

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Xiaofeng Lin

Affiliation Shantou Central Hospital, Affiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shantou, China

Mingge Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Ecosse Lamoureux

Affiliations Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Yingfeng Zheng

yingfeng.zheng@qq.com

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

Dr. Yingfeng Zheng currently serves on the editorial board of PLOS ONE.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y. Zheng EL. Performed the experiments: MW Y. Zuo ML. Analyzed the data: Xianhua Lin Xiaofeng Lin YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EL. Wrote the paper: MW Y. Zheng.