About the Authors

Nan-Kai Wang

wang.nankai@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chi-Chun Lai

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chai Lin Chou

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Yen-Po Chen

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Lan-Hsin Chuang

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

An-Ning Chao

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Hsiao-Jung Tseng

Affiliation Biostatistical Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chee-Jen Chang

Affiliations Biostatistical Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Wei-Chi Wu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Kuan-Jen Chen

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Stephen H. Tsang

Affiliations Bernard and Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: N-KW C-CL C-LC. Performed the experiments: N-KW C-CL C-LC. Analyzed the data: N-KW Y-PC H-JT C-JC SHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: N-KW C-CL Y-PC L-HC A-NC K-JC W-CW. Wrote the paper: N-KW C-CL C-LC Y-PC L-HC A-NC.