About the Authors
- Nitin Patel
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* E-mail: nitinpat@usc.edu
Affiliation Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Tatsuo Itakura
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Affiliation Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jose M. Gonzalez Jr
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Affiliation Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Stephen G. Schwartz
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Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- M. Elizabeth Fini
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Affiliation Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Stephen G. Schwartz and M. Elizabeth Fini are co-inventors on a US Patent Application entitled “Molecular targets for modulating intraocular pressure and differentiation of steroid responders versus non-responders”, held by the University of Miami. The technology was licensed to IC Technologies, LLC, of Ft. Myers, Florida, in June 2010. Stephen G. Schwartz is a consultant for Alimera Sciences, Bausch and Lomb, and Eyetech. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NP MEF. Performed the experiments: NP TI. Analyzed the data: NP MEF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMG SGS. Wrote the paper: NP MEF.