About the Authors

Tomoko Horikiri

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hiromi Ohi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Life Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan

Mitsuaki Shibata

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Makoto Ikeya

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Morio Ueno

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Chie Sotozono

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Shigeru Kinoshita

Affiliation Department of Frontier Medical Science and Technology for Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Takahiko Sato

takahiko@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Advanced Biomedical Engineering Research Center, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TS. Formal analysis: TH HO TS. Funding acquisition: MI MU TS. Investigation: TH HO MS TS. Methodology: TH HO TS. Project administration: TS. Supervision: CS SK TS. Validation: TH TS. Writing – original draft: MI TS. Writing – review & editing: TH TS.