About the Authors

Joelle A. Hallak

joelle@uic.edu

Affiliations Corneal Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sarmad Jassim

Affiliation Corneal Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Vishakha Khanolkar

Affiliation Corneal Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sandeep Jain

Affiliation Corneal Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAH S. Jassim VK S. Jain. Performed the experiments: JAH S. Jassim VK S. Jain. Analyzed the data: JAH S. Jassim. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAH S. Jassim. Wrote the paper: JAH S. Jain.