About the Authors

Yong Teng

Affiliation GHSU Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Xiayang Xie

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Vision Discovery Institute, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Steven Walker

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Vision Discovery Institute, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Meera Saxena

Affiliation Luminomics Inc, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

David J. Kozlowski

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Program in Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeff S. Mumm

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Vision Discovery Institute, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

John K. Cowell

jcowell@georgiahealth.edu

Affiliation GHSU Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT DJK JSM JKC. Performed the experiments: YT XX SW JSM. Analyzed the data: YT SW DJK JSM JKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the paper: YT DJK JSM JKC.