About the Authors

Gesine Huber

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Severin Heynen

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Coni Imsand

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Franziska vom Hagen

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Regine Muehlfriedel

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Naoyuki Tanimoto

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Yuxi Feng

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Hans-Peter Hammes

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Christian Grimm

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Leo Peichl

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Mathias W. Seeliger

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Susanne C. Beck

Susanne.Beck@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH SCB. Performed the experiments: GH SH CI FvH RM CG LP SCB. Analyzed the data: GH SH CI FvH CG LP SCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT YF HPH. Wrote the paper: GH LP MWS SCB.