About the Authors

Haixi Miao

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Lin Chen

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sean M. Riordan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Wenjun Li

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Santiago Juarez

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Andrea M. Crabb

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Thomas J. Lukas

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Pan Du

Affiliation Robert H, Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Simon M. Lin

Affiliation Robert H, Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Alexandria Wise

Affiliation Department of Biology, City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Olga A. Agapova

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ping Yang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Charles C. Gu

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

M. Rosario Hernandez

m-hernandez-neufeld@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRH. Performed the experiments: HM LC SMR WL SJ AMC AW OAA PY. Analyzed the data: PD SML CG. Wrote the paper: HM TL MRH.