About the Authors

Hanako Ohashi Ikeda

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

hanakoi@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Yuki Muraoka

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Masayuki Hata

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Eriko Sumi

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Takafumi Ikeda

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Takayuki Nakagawa

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroyasu Abe

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Harue Tada

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Satoshi Morita

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Akira Kakizuka

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Functional Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Biostudies & Solution Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Nagahisa Yoshimura

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Akitaka Tsujikawa

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

With regard to this manuscript, Kyoto University applied for patents (WO2015129809 (Pharmaceutical Composition for Treatment of Ischemic Eye Disease) and WO2012014994A1 (Naphthalene derivative)); HOI, YM, MH, AK, and NY were the inventors of these patents. H.O.I. renounced the right of fees before the start of the clinical study. A.K. and N.Y. are stock owners of Kyoto Drug Discovery & Development Co. Ltd., a start-up company for the development of VCP modulators. This does not alter our adherence to the policies of PLOS ONE on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare no competing interests.