About the Authors

Sharon Ka-Wai Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharon Ka-Wai Lee, Yufei Teng, Hoi-Kin Wong

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yufei Teng

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharon Ka-Wai Lee, Yufei Teng, Hoi-Kin Wong

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hoi-Kin Wong

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharon Ka-Wai Lee, Yufei Teng, Hoi-Kin Wong

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Tsz-Kin Ng

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Li Huang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Peng Lei

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kwong-Wai Choy

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yingpeng Liu

Affiliation Joint Shantou International Eye Centre, Shantou, China

Mingzhi Zhang

Affiliation Joint Shantou International Eye Centre, Shantou, China

Dennis Shun-Chiu Lam

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Gary Hin-Fai Yam

gary_yam@cuhk.edu.hk (GHFY); cppang@cuhk.edu.hk (CPP)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Chi-Pui Pang

gary_yam@cuhk.edu.hk (GHFY); cppang@cuhk.edu.hk (CPP)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH-FY SK-WL K-WC C-PP . Performed the experiments: SK-WL YT H-KW T-KN LH PL GH-FY. Analyzed the data: SK-WL YT H-KW GH-FY C-PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC YL MZ DS-CL GH-FY C-PP. Wrote the paper: SK-WL YT GH-FY C-PP.