About the Authors

Suresh B. Patil

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Toby W. Hurd

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Amiya K. Ghosh

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Carlos A. Murga-Zamalloa

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Hemant Khanna

hemant.khanna@umassmed.edu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK. Performed the experiments: SBP TWH AKG CAM-Z. Analyzed the data: SBP TWH CAM-Z. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TWH. Wrote the paper: HK.