About the Authors

Vincent A. Funari

Affiliations Genomics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael Winkler

Affiliation Eye Program, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jordan Brown

Affiliation Genomics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Slobodan D. Dimitrijevich

Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Alexander V. Ljubimov

Affiliations University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Eye Program, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Mehrnoosh Saghizadeh

ghiamm@cshs.org

Affiliation Eye Program, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Dr. Alexander V. Ljubimov is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AL. Performed the experiments: MS MW JB. Analyzed the data: MS VF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS AL VF SD. Wrote the manuscript: MS.