About the Authors

Colin J. Chu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

Philipp Herrmann

Affiliation Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

Livia S. Carvalho

Affiliation Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

Sidath E. Liyanage

Affiliation Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

James W. B. Bainbridge

Affiliations Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Robin R. Ali

Affiliations Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Andrew D. Dick

u.luhmann@ucl.ac.uk (UFL); a.dick@bristol.ac.uk (ADD)

Affiliations NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Unit of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Ulrich F. O. Luhmann

u.luhmann@ucl.ac.uk (UFL); a.dick@bristol.ac.uk (ADD)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC ADD RRA JWB UFL. Performed the experiments: CJC PH LSC SL UFL. Analyzed the data: CJC ADD UFL. Wrote the paper: CJC ADD RRA UFL.