About the Authors

Tanja Ilmarinen

tanja.ilmarinen@uta.fi

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Hanna Hiidenmaa

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Peeter Kööbi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, SILK, University of Tampere and Tays Eye Center, Tampere, Finland

Soile Nymark

Affiliation Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering and BioMediTech, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

Anni Sorkio

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Jing-Huan Wang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, SILK, University of Tampere and Tays Eye Center, Tampere, Finland

Boris V. Stanzel

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Fabian Thieltges

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Päivi Alajuuma

Affiliation Santen Oy, Tampere, Finland

Olli Oksala

Affiliation Santen Oy, Tampere, Finland

Marko Kataja

Affiliation Tays Eye Center, Tampere, Finland

Hannu Uusitalo

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, SILK, University of Tampere and Tays Eye Center, Tampere, Finland

Heli Skottman

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

PA and OO are employed by Santen Oy. This project was partly funded by TEKES, which requires shared funding with industrial partners. In this study the commercial partner was Santen Oy. This commercial affiliation has not influenced the performance or presentation of the work described in this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TI HH PK SN AS J-HW BS HU HS. Performed the experiments: TI HH PK SN AS J-HW BS FT. Analyzed the data: TI HH PK SN AS BS FT HU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS PA OO MK HU HS. Wrote the paper: TI HH PK SN AS BS PA HU HS.