About the Authors

Huiyi Chen

Affiliation Forsythe Laboratory for the Investigation of the Aging Retina, Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Bin Liu

Affiliation Forsythe Laboratory for the Investigation of the Aging Retina, Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Thomas J. Lukas

Affiliation Forsythe Laboratory for the Investigation of the Aging Retina, Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Arthur H. Neufeld

a-neufeld@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Forsythe Laboratory for the Investigation of the Aging Retina, Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University School 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: HC AN BL. Performed the experiments: HC BL. Analyzed the data: TL HC AN BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL HC BL. Wrote the paper: HC AN.