About the Authors

Hironobu Shuto

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Vision Care Inc., Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Graduate School of Pharmacy, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Siga, Japan, Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Toshiki Maeda

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmacy, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Siga, Japan

Chieko Koike

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Center for Systems Vision Science, Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization(R-GIRO), Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Siga, Japan, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Siga, Japan

Masayo Takahashi

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Vision Care Inc., Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

Michiko Mandai

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Research Center, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

Take Matsuyama

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

matsutakehoyo@gmail.com

Affiliations Research Center, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, VCCT Inc., Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

Authors with competing interests TM, SH, MT are employees of Vision Care Inc., a startup working on the development of treatments for vision restoration.