About the Authors

Susumu Sakimoto

Affiliations Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hiroyasu Kidoya

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Motohiro Kamei

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hisamichi Naito

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Daishi Yamakawa

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hirokazu Sakaguchi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Taku Wakabayashi

Affiliations Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kohji Nishida

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Nobuyuki Takakura

ntakaku@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, JST(Japan Science and Technology Agency), CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MK KN NT. Performed the experiments: SS HK HN TW HS. Analyzed the data: SS HK NT DY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS MK KN NT. Wrote the paper: SS NT.