About the Authors

Catherine Cukras

Affiliation National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Terry Gaasterland

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Institute of Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Pauline Lee

Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Harini V. Gudiseva

Affiliation Shiley Eye Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Venkata R. M. Chavali

Affiliation Shiley Eye Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Raghu Pullakhandam

Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, AP, India

Bruno Maranhao

Affiliation Shiley Eye Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lee Edsall

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Institute of Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Sandra Soares

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Institute of Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

G. Bhanuprakash Reddy

Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, AP, India

Paul A. Sieving

Affiliations National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Radha Ayyagari

rayyagari@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Shiley Eye Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RA PAS PL TG GBR. Performed the experiments: VRMC HVG RP CC. Analyzed the data: RA PL TG SS LE BM RP CC HVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP GBR. Wrote the paper: CC VRMC HVG RP GBR TG PL RA PAS.