About the Authors

Shanhe Liu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

liushanhe666@gmail.com

Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Shuailin Li

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Shao-Lun Hsu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Fabian N. Fries

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany, Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Zhen Li

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Swarnali Kundu

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Berthold Seitz

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

Maryam Amini

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Shweta Suiwal

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Tanja Stachon

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

Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Nóra Szentmáry

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

Affiliations Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Center for Limbal Stem Cell and Congenital Aniridia Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg, Saarland, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.