About the Authors

Liang Huang

Affiliations Flaum Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Fang Hu

Affiliations Flaum Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Xiaoling Xie

Affiliation Flaum Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jeffery Harder

Affiliation Flaum Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Kimberly Fernandes

Affiliation Flaum Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Xiang-yun Zeng

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Richard Libby

Affiliation Flaum Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Lin Gan

lin_gan@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliations Flaum Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH LG RL. Performed the experiments: LH FH XLX JH KF RL. Analyzed the data: LH FH JH. Wrote the paper: LH XYZ LG.