About the Authors

Rodolfo D. Vicetti Miguel

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stephen A. K. Harvey

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

William A. LaFramboise

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Seth D. Reighard

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dean B. Matthews

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas L. Cherpes

cherpestl@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLC RDVM . Performed the experiments: TLC RDVM SDR WAL. Analyzed the data: TLC RDVM SDR WAL SAKH DBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDVM TLC SAKH WAL. Wrote the paper: TLC RDVM WAL SAKH DBM SDR.