About the Authors

Ge Zhao

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China

Siyuan Li

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China

Wei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, China

Kun He

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing, China

Haijie Xi

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China

Weihua Li

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing, China

Qingjun Zhou

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China

Yiqiang Wang

yiqiangwang99@hotmail.com

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ WZ YW. Performed the experiments: GZ SL HX KH WL. Analyzed the data: GZ SL WZ YW KH WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WZ QZ. Wrote the paper: GZ WZ YW.