About the Authors

Alice L. Yu

alice.yu@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Muenchen, Germany

Kerstin Birke

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany

Johannes Burger

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Muenchen, Germany

Ulrich Welge-Lussen

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALY KB JB UWL. Performed the experiments: ALY KB JB UWL. Analyzed the data: ALY KB UWL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALY UWL. Wrote the paper: ALY UWL. Obtained permission for the use of cell line: ALY UWL.