About the Authors
- Yimin Zhong
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Jingming Li
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Joshua J. Wang
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Chen Chen
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Julie-Thu A. Tran
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Anisse Saadi
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Qiang Yu
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Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Yun-zheng Le
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Md Nawajes A. Mandal
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Robert E. Anderson
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Sarah X. Zhang
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* E-mail: xin-zhang@ouhsc.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SXZ. Performed the experiments: YZ JL JJW CC JAT AS. Analyzed the data: YZ JL CC JJW QY MNM REA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZL MNM REA. Wrote the paper: YZ SXZ JL. Edited the manuscript: JJW YZL MNM REA.