About the Authors

Rong Li

Affiliation National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rong Wen

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

Tina Banzon

Affiliation National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Arvydas Maminishkis

Affiliation National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sheldon S. Miller

millers@nei.nih.gov

Affiliation National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSM RL RW AM. Performed the experiments: RL TB. Analyzed the data: SSM RL TB AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW. Wrote the paper: SSM RW RL.