About the Authors

Jinglin Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Dinesh Upadhya

Current address: Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Affiliation Dept. of Ophthalmology, Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Lin Lu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Lixing W. Reneker

renekerl@health.missouri.edu

Affiliation Dept. of Ophthalmology, Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL LWR. Performed the experiments: JZ DU. Analyzed the data: JZ DU LWR. Wrote the paper: JZ LWR.