About the Authors

Yahong Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Taiyuan, China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China

Dian Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Chao Geng

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Ruihua Wei

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

duanyajian@sxbqeh.com.cn (YD); weirhua2009@126.com (RW)

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China

Yajian Duan

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

duanyajian@sxbqeh.com.cn (YD); weirhua2009@126.com (RW)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Taiyuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.