About the Authors

Jun Cai

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Lin Wu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Xiaoping Qi

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Lynn Shaw

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sergio Li Calzi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sergio Caballero

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Wen G. Jiang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Stanley A. Vinores

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

David Antonetti

Affiliation Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Asif Ahmed

Affiliation BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Maria B. Grant

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Michael E. Boulton

meboulton@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC MEB MBG AA. Performed the experiments: JC LW LS SL SC XQ. Analyzed the data: SAV AA WGJ DA MBG MEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA AA. Wrote the paper: JC MEB MBG DA.