1. From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tsukuba, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Ibaraki, Japan; the
2. Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; the
3. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; the
4. Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; the
5. Centre for Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; the
6. Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan; and the
7. (OSI) Eyetech Research Center, Lexington, Massachusetts.