About the Authors

Lihua Wang

Affiliations School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Feng Dong

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Peter S. Reinach

Affiliations School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Dandan He

Affiliations School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Xiaoting Zhao

Affiliations School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Xiaoyan Chen

Affiliations School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Dan-Ning Hu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, Tissue Culture Center, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Dongsheng Yan

dnaprotein@hotmail.com

Affiliations School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DY. Data curation: LW. Formal analysis: LW FD DY. Funding acquisition: DY. Investigation: LW DH XZ XC. Methodology: DNH. Project administration: LW. Resources: FD DNH. Supervision: DY. Writing – original draft: DY PR. Writing – review & editing: DY PR DNH DH.