Article Information
- Received March 21, 2018
- Accepted April 9, 2018
- Published online April 16, 2018.
Author Information
- Jianmin Lu1,2,*,
- Lingyu Luo1,3,*,
- Deqiang Huang1,3,
- Xian Liu4,
- Xin Xia1,
- Zhengying Wang1,
- Byron L. Lam1,
- Jinglin Yi4,
- Rong Wen1 and
- Yiwen Li1
- 1Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116011, China
- 3First Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Jiangxi Medical School, Nanchang, 330006, China
- 4Eye Hospital, Nanchang University, Jiangxi Medical School, Nanchang, 330006, China
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Yiwen Li, McKnight Building, RM 506, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1638 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, E-mail: yli2{at}med.miami.edu.
Author contributions
Author contributions: B.L.L., J.Y., R.W., and Y.L. designed research; J.L., L.L., D.H., X.L., X.X., W.Z., R.W., and Y.L. performed research; J.L., L.L., D.H., X.L., X.X., W.Z., R.W., and Y.L. analyzed data; J.L., L.L., B.L.L., J.Y., R.W., and Y.L. wrote the paper.
↵* J.L. and L.L. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
R.W. has been named as the inventor in a patent application filed by the University of Miami that covers the intellectual property presented in this paper. All other authors declare no competing financial interests.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants R01EY015289 and R01EY018586, Hope for Vision, the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program of the State of Florida Grant 08KN-09, 2KF02, National Natural Science Foundation of China Grants 81560164 and 81300737, NIH Core Grants P30EY14801 and P30EY002162, and an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness Inc. to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. R.W. is the recipient of the 2015 Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.
Funding
HHS | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI)
R01EY015289; R01EY018586; P30EY14801; P30EY002162Hope for Vision
James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program of the State of Florida
08KN-09; 2KF02National Nature Science Foundation of China
81560164; 81300737Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)
Unrestricted grant to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; The recipient of the 2015 Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa
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