About the Authors

Philipp Anders

Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp Anders, Xuefei Song

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

philipp.niggemann@usb.ch

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Xuefei Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp Anders, Xuefei Song

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China, Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Bence György

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Nora Szentmary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Berthold Seitz

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Zisis Gatzioufas

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.