About the Authors

Amanda-Jayne Carr

Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda-Jayne Carr, Anthony A. Vugler, Sherry T. Hikita, Jean M. Lawrence

a.carr@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Anthony A. Vugler

Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda-Jayne Carr, Anthony A. Vugler, Sherry T. Hikita, Jean M. Lawrence

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Sherry T. Hikita

Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda-Jayne Carr, Anthony A. Vugler, Sherry T. Hikita, Jean M. Lawrence

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Jean M. Lawrence

Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda-Jayne Carr, Anthony A. Vugler, Sherry T. Hikita, Jean M. Lawrence

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Carlos Gias

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Li Li Chen

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

David E. Buchholz

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Ahmad Ahmado

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Ma'ayan Semo

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Matthew J. K. Smart

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Shazeen Hasan

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Lyndon da Cruz

Affiliation Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Lincoln V. Johnson

Affiliations Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Center for the Study of Macular Degeneration, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Dennis O. Clegg

Affiliations Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Center for the Study of Macular Degeneration, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Pete J. Coffey

Affiliation Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJFC AV STH JML LdC LJ DC PC. Performed the experiments: AJFC AV STH JML CG LLC DEB AA MJKS SH. Analyzed the data: AJFC AV STH JML CG DEB MS DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJFC AV STH JML DEB PC. Wrote the paper: AJFC AV JML.