About the Authors

Doreswamy Kenchegowda

Contributed equally to this work with: Doreswamy Kenchegowda, Stephen A. K. Harvey, Sudha Swamynathan

Current address: Department of Medicine, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stephen A. K. Harvey

Contributed equally to this work with: Doreswamy Kenchegowda, Stephen A. K. Harvey, Sudha Swamynathan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sudha Swamynathan

Contributed equally to this work with: Doreswamy Kenchegowda, Stephen A. K. Harvey, Sudha Swamynathan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kira L. Lathrop

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shivalingappa K. Swamynathan

Swamynathansk@upmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Shivalingappa Swamynathan. Performed the experiments: DK SAKH Sudha Swamynathan KLL. Analyzed the data: DK SAKH Sudha Swamynathan KLL Shivalingappa Swamynathan. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Shivalingappa Swamynathan. Wrote the paper: DK SAKH Sudha Swamynathan KLL Shivalingappa Swamynathan.