About the Authors

Ai Ling Wang

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

Ming Yuan

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

Nga Du

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

Mark O. Tso

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: ALW TL AHN. Performed the experiments: ALW TL MY ND. Analyzed the data: ALW TL MY ND AHN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOT. Wrote the paper: ALW TL AHN.