About the Authors

Céline Sabatel

Contributed equally to this work with: Céline Sabatel, Ludovic Malvaux

Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Ludovic Malvaux

Contributed equally to this work with: Céline Sabatel, Ludovic Malvaux

Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Nicolas Bovy

Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Christophe Deroanne

Affiliation Laboratory of Connective Tissues, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Vincent Lambert

Affiliations Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Maria-Luz Alvarez Gonzalez

Affiliation Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Alain Colige

Affiliation Laboratory of Connective Tissues, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Jean-Marie Rakic

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Agnès Noël

Affiliation Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Joseph A. Martial

Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Ingrid Struman

I.Struman@ulg.ac.be

Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS LM JAM IS. Performed the experiments: CS LM NB CD VL M-LAG. Analyzed the data: CS LM AN AC IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-MR. Wrote the paper: CS CD IS.