About the Authors

Hendrik P. N. Scholl

Contributed equally to this work with: Hendrik P. N. Scholl, Peter Charbel Issa

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Peter Charbel Issa

Contributed equally to this work with: Hendrik P. N. Scholl, Peter Charbel Issa

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Maja Walier

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Stefanie Janzer

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Beatrix Pollok-Kopp

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Florian Börncke

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Lars G. Fritsche

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Ngaihang V. Chong

Affiliation Oxford Eye Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rolf Fimmers

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Thomas Wienker

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Frank G. Holz

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Bernhard H. F. Weber

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Martin Oppermann

mopperm@gwdg.de

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO HS NC TW BW. Performed the experiments: LF MO HS PI SJ BP FB. Analyzed the data: RF MW TW. Wrote the paper: LF RF MO HS PI MW SJ BP FB NC TW FH BW.