About the Authors

Yuichi Uchino

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Tetsuya Kawakita

kawakita@a2.keio.jp

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

Masaki Miyazawa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Takamasa Ishii

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Hiromi Onouchi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Kayo Yasuda

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Yoko Ogawa

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

Shigeto Shimmura

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

Naoaki Ishii

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuo Tsubota

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YU MM TI NI. Performed the experiments: YU MM TI. Analyzed the data: YU TK SS KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HO KY YO. Wrote the paper: YU TK.