About the Authors
- Ryoji Yanai
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: yanai@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Shang Chen
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Sho-Hei Uchi
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Tomoaki Nanri
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition
Affiliation Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan
- Kip M. Connor
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kazuhiro Kimura
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Competing Interests
Tomoaki Nanri is an employee of Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and provided the lutein supplement obtained from Koyojapan (Tokyo, Japan) for the study. Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. funded the study, but this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.