Contributors
Ichiro Kawaguchi: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Akira Kobayashi:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-6776
Role: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Tomomi Higashide: Role: ConceptualizationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Yasuhiro Takeji: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – review & editing
Kazushi Sakurai: Role: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Chiaki Kawaguchi: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Kazuhisa Sugiyama: Role: ConceptualizationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Wei Li: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
19
October
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 10
Electronic Location Identifier: e0186714
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science,
Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
[2
]
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Ako Research Institute, Ako, Hyogo, Japan
Author notes
Competing Interests: I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following
competing interests: Y. Takeji and K. Sakurai are employees of Otsuka pharmaceutical
Co. Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and
materials.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-21080
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186714
PMC ID: 5648230
PubMed ID: 29049370
SO-VID: f66b0e04-0e40-4796-8c73-4c5986560d79
Copyright © © 2017 Kawaguchi et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 1
June
2017
Date
accepted
: 8
October
2017
Page count
Figures: 6,
Tables: 0,
Pages: 10
Funding
The funder (Otsuka pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.) provided support in the form of salaries
for authors [YT, KS]. Authors [IK, AK, TH, CK, KS] received no specific funding for
this work.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Ophthalmology
Subject:
Eye Diseases
Subject:
Glaucoma
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Ocular System
Subject:
Ocular Anatomy
Subject:
Cornea
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Ocular System
Subject:
Ocular Anatomy
Subject:
Cornea
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Vertebrates
Subject:
Amniotes
Subject:
Mammals
Subject:
Leporids
Subject:
Rabbits
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Experimental Organism Systems
Subject:
Animal Models
Subject:
Rabbits
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Head
Subject:
Eyes
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Head
Subject:
Eyes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Ocular System
Subject:
Eyes
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Ocular System
Subject:
Eyes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Response
Subject:
Inflammation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Response
Subject:
Inflammation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Inflammation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Inflammation
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Cell Biology
Subject:
Cellular Structures and Organelles
Subject:
Microvilli
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Microscopy
Subject:
Electron Microscopy
Subject:
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Ocular System
Subject:
Ocular Anatomy
Subject:
Corneal Epithelium
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Ocular System
Subject:
Ocular Anatomy
Subject:
Corneal Epithelium
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