About the Authors

Peter J. Mohler

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: peter-mohler@uiowa.edu (PM); v.bennett@cellbio.duke.edu (VB)

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jane A. Healy

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Hui Xue

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Annibale A. Puca

Affiliation Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico MultiMedica, Milan, Italy

Crystal F. Kline

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

R. Rand Allingham

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Evangelia G. Kranias

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Howard A. Rockman

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Vann Bennett

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: peter-mohler@uiowa.edu (PM); v.bennett@cellbio.duke.edu (VB)

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VB AP PM JH HR CK RA. Performed the experiments: VB AP PM JH HX HR CK RA. Analyzed the data: VB EK AP PM JH HX HR CK RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VB EK AP PM JH HX HR CK RA. Wrote the paper: VB EK AP PM JH CK RA. Other: Designed the study: PM. Wrote the first draft of the paper: PM.