About the Authors

Osamu Sakai

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Senju Laboratory of Ocular Sciences, Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kobe, Japan

Takatoshi Uchida

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Senju Laboratory of Ocular Sciences, Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kobe, Japan

Murilo F. Roggia

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hirotaka Imai

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Ueta

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shiro Amano

amanoshiro1126@gmail.com

Affiliations Inouye Eye Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Miyata Eye Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OS T. Uchida T. Ueta SA. Performed the experiments: OS T. Uchida MFR T. Ueta. Analyzed the data: OS MFR HI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HI. Wrote the paper: OS T. Uchida T. Ueta SA.