About the Authors

Ana Carolina Vieira

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Carolina Vieira, Brian Reid

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Brian Reid

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Carolina Vieira, Brian Reid

brireid@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Lin Cao

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mark J. Mannis

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Ivan R. Schwab

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Min Zhao

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ BR MJM IRS. Performed the experiments: ACV BR LC. Analyzed the data: ACV BR LC. Wrote the paper: ACV BR.