About the Authors
- Keiko Fujikawa
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* E-mail: fujikawa@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Pathology and Immunology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, Faculty of Health Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Takeshi Iwata
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Affiliation National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Kaoru Inoue
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Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Masakazu Akahori
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Affiliation National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Hanako Kadotani
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Masahiro Fukaya
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Masahiko Watanabe
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Qing Chang
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Edward M. Barnett
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Wojciech Swat
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KF TI KI. Performed the experiments: KF TI MA HK MF QC. Analyzed the data: KF TI KI MA MF MW EMB WAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF TI KI MW WAS. Wrote the paper: KF KI EMB WAS.