About the Authors

Li Wen

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Wen, Meidong Zhu

Affiliation Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Meidong Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Wen, Meidong Zhu

meidong.zhu@sydney.edu.au

Affiliations Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Lions New South Wales Eye Bank, NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Michele C. Madigan

Affiliations Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

Jingjing You

Affiliation Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nicholas J. C. King

Affiliation Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Francis A. Billson

Affiliations Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sight for Life Foundation, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kathryn McClellan

Affiliations Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Lions New South Wales Eye Bank, NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gerard Sutton

Affiliations Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Lions New South Wales Eye Bank, NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Vision Eye Institute, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand

Con Petsoglou

Affiliations Save Sight Institute & Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Lions New South Wales Eye Bank, NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The Vision Eye Institute is an employer of Professor Sutton, however the company does not provide any financial support or has influence on research performed by our group. There is no competing interest due to employment by this company. Professor Francis Billson, AO is an unpaid consultant at the Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney and the Chairman and Director of Sight For Life Foundation, a charitable Foundation whose charitable purpose is to support the activities of Sydney Eye Hospital as a teaching Hospital of the University of Sydney. The Sight For Life Foundation has no competing interest in this study nor financial support or any other involvement in this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW MZ MCM NJCK GS CP FAB KM. Performed the experiments: LW MZ MCM. Analyzed the data: LW MZ MCM JY NJCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FAB KM GS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LW MZ MCM NJCK JY CP FAB KM GS.