About the Authors

Zhi Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi Li, Tao He

Affiliations Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Eye Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei, China

Tao He

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi Li, Tao He

Affiliation Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Eye Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Ke Du

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei, China

Yi-Qiao Xing

xyqdr@yahoo.com.cn (YQX); yinshen@whu.edu.cn (YS)

Affiliation Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Eye Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yuan-Min Run

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, Hubei, China

Ying Yan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yin Shen

xyqdr@yahoo.com.cn (YQX); yinshen@whu.edu.cn (YS)

Affiliation Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Eye Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL TH YS YQX. Performed the experiments: ZL KD YY YMR. Analyzed the data: ZL KD TH YQX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL KD YY. Wrote the paper: ZL. Revised the manuscript: YS TH YQX.