About the Authors

Dongchun Liang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Hui Shao

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kentucky Lions Eye Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Willi K. Born

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, United States of America

Rebecca L. O'Brien

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, United States of America

Henry J. Kaplan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kentucky Lions Eye Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Deming Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

dsun@doheny.org

Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.