Hirabayashi, Kazutaka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-6700
Kakihara, Shinji
Tanaka, Masaaki
Shindo, Takayuki
Murata, Toshinori
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Japan Foundation
Naito Foundation
the Public Foundation of Chubu Science and Technology Center
Yamaguchi Endocrine Research Foundation
Hoyu Science Foundation
Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation
Akaeda Medical Research Foundation
Shinshu Public Utility Foundation for Promotion of Medical Sciences
NOVARTIS Foundation (Japan) for the Promotion of Science
Japan Heart Foundation
Article History
Received: 6 November 2019
Revised: 20 February 2020
Accepted: 24 February 2020
First Online: 5 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All animal handling procedures were in accordance with a protocol approved by the Ethics Committee of Shinshu University School of Medicine No.280079. All experiments were performed in accordance with the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research and our institutional guidelines.
: TM received financial support from Novartis. All other authors report that they have no conflict of interest.