About the Authors

Peter J. Francis

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: francisp@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Macular Degeneration Center, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Dennis W. Schultz

Affiliation Macular Degeneration Center, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Sara Hamon

Affiliation Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jurg Ott

Affiliation Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Richard G. Weleber

Affiliation Macular Degeneration Center, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Michael L. Klein

Affiliation Macular Degeneration Center, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science 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: PF DS SH RW MK. Performed the experiments: PF. Analyzed the data: PF DS SH JO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF. Wrote the paper: PF MK.