About the Authors

David M. Gamm

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dgamm@wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Waisman Center Stem Cell Research Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Shaomei Wang

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Bin Lu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Sergei Girman

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Toby Holmes

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Nicholas Bischoff

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Rebecca L. Shearer

Affiliation Waisman Center Stem Cell Research Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Yves Sauvé

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Elizabeth Capowski

Affiliation Waisman Center Stem Cell Research Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Clive N. Svendsen

Affiliations Departments of Anatomy and Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Waisman Center Stem Cell Research Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Raymond D. Lund

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS YS DG SW SG RL. Performed the experiments: YS DG TH RS EC SW BL SG NB. Analyzed the data: YS DG TH RS EC SW BL SG NB RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS YS DG EC SW RL. Wrote the paper: DG.