About the Authors
- Thomas R. Shearer
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: shearert@ohsu.edu
Affiliation Department of Integrative Biomedical & Diagnostic Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
- Thomas S. Hwang
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Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology-OHSU, Portland, OR, United States of America
- Peter N. Steinkamp
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology-OHSU, Portland, OR, United States of America
- Mitsuyoshi Azuma
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Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Senju Laboratory of Ocular Sciences, Portland, OR, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: TRS, TSH and PNS are paid consultants for Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a company that may have a commercial interest in the results of this research and technology. MA is a paid employee of Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Potential conflicts of interest were reviewed, and a management plan approved by the OHSU Conflict of Interest in Research Committee was implemented.' This plan does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.