About the Authors

Takeru Yoshimura

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Koh-Hei Sonoda

sonodak@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Mika Sugahara

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yasutaka Mochizuki

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroshi Enaida

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yuji Oshima

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Akifumi Ueno

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yasuaki Hata

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroki Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Nabeshima, Saga, Japan

Tatsuro Ishibashi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY KHS. Performed the experiments: TY MS. Analyzed the data: TY KHS MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHS YM HE YO AU YH HY TI. Wrote the paper: TY KHS. Assembled the figures: TY KHS. Interpretation of the results: TY KHS MS YO TI. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: TY. Collection of vitreous samples: KHS YM HE YO AU YH. Supervision of the laboratory experiments: HY.