About the Authors

Saurabh Chattopadhyay

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Sean P. Kessler

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Juliana Almada Colucci

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Michifumi Yamashita

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Preenie deS Senanayake

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ganes C. Sen

seng@ccf.org

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC SPK GCS. Performed the experiments: SC SPK JAC MY PS. Analyzed the data: SC SPK GCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC SPK GCS. Wrote the paper: SC SPK MY GCS.