About the Authors

Manik Goel

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Adam E. Sienkiewicz

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Renata Picciani

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Richard K. Lee

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya

Sbhattacharya@med.miami.edu

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG AES RP RKL. Performed the experiments: MG AES RP. Analyzed the data: SKB MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKB RKL. Wrote the paper: RKL SKB.