About the Authors

Mehrnoosh Saghizadeh

Affiliations Eye Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael A. Winkler

Affiliations Eye Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Andrei A. Kramerov

Affiliations Eye Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David M. Hemmati

Affiliations Eye Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Chantelle A. Ghiam

Affiliations Eye Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Slobodan D. Dimitrijevich

Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Dhruv Sareen

Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Loren Ornelas

Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Homayon Ghiasi

Affiliation Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

William J. Brunken

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States of America

Ezra Maguen

Affiliations Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, American Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yaron S. Rabinowitz

Affiliations Eye Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Clive N. Svendsen

Affiliations Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Katerina Jirsova

Affiliation Laboratory of the Biology and Pathology of the Eye, Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Alexander V. Ljubimov

ljubimov@cshs.org

Affiliations Eye Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Alexander V. Ljubimov is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AVL. Performed the experiments: MS MAW AAK DMH CAG DS LO KJ AVL. Analyzed the data: MS AAK HG WJB EM YSR CNS KJ AVL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDD DS WJB EM YSR. Wrote the paper: MS KJ AVL.