About the Authors
- Mehrnoosh Saghizadeh
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
- Dhruv Sareen
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Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Loren Ornelas
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Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Homayon Ghiasi
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Affiliation Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- William J. Brunken
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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* E-mail: 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.