About the Authors

Michael DeNiro

mdeniro@kkesh.med.sa

Affiliations Research Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (Affiliate of the Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Medicine), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Futwan A. Al-Mohanna

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Medical College, Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD FA. Performed the experiments: MD FA. Analyzed the data: MD FA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD FA. Wrote the paper: MD.