About the Authors
- Yuxin Fang
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Jost B. Jonas
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Tae Yokoi
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Kejia Cao
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Kosei Shinohara
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoko Ohno-Matsui
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* E-mail: k.ohno.oph@tmd.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
We have the following interests. Jost B. Jonas: Consultant for Mundipharma Co. (Cambridge, UK); patent holder with Biocompatibles UK Ltd. (Franham, Surrey, UK) (Title: Treatment of eye diseases using encapsulated cells encoding and secreting neuroprotective factor and / or anti-angiogenic factor; Patent number: 20120263794), and patent application with University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany) (Title: Agents for use in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of myopia or hyperopia; Europäische Patentanmeldung 15 000 771.4). All other authors: None. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: KO-M. Data curation: YF. Formal analysis: KC. Investigation: YF. Methodology: TY KS. Project administration: KO-M. Supervision: KO-M. Visualization: YF. Writing – original draft: YF JBJ. Writing – review & editing: JBJ KO-M.