About the Authors

Alex Yuan

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Erica L. Farber

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ana Lia Rapoport

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Desiree Tejada

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Roman Deniskin

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Novrouz B. Akhmedov

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Debora B. Farber

farber@jsei.ucla.edu

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AY. Performed the experiments: AY ELF ALR DT RD. Analyzed the data: AY ELF RD DBF. Wrote the paper: AY DBF. Discussed the design of the experiments, participated in the analysis of the data, edited and contributed to the writing of the paper, and supported all of the work: DBF. Contributed with extensive discussions on the data and the manuscript: NBA.