About the Authors

Shi-Ming Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Shi-Ming Li, Ru Chen

Affiliation Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ru Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Shi-Ming Li, Ru Chen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China

Yuan Li

Affiliation Pfizer China, Beijing, China

Zhi-Rong Yang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China

Qiu-Ju Deng

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital & Institute, Hai Dian District, Beijing, China

Zheng Zhong

Affiliation Pfizer China, Beijing, China

Moh-Lim Ong

Affiliation Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York, United States of America

Si-Yan Zhan

siyan-zhan@bjmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

This study was supported by Pfizer China, Beijing. YL, ZZ and MLO are employed by Pfizer. The Latanoprost discussed in this study is manufactured by Pfizer. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SML RC YL ZZ SYZ. Performed the experiments: SML RC. Analyzed the data: SML RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SML RC YL ZZ QJD ZRY. Wrote the paper: SML RC SYZ MLO.