About the Authors

Jasvir Kaur

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Stine Mencl

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Ayse Sahaboglu

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Pietro Farinelli

Affiliations Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences Lund, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

Theo van Veen

Affiliations Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences Lund, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

Eberhart Zrenner

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Per Ekström

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences Lund, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

François Paquet-Durand

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Blanca Arango-Gonzalez

blanca.arango-gonzalez@klinikum.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TvV PE BA-G. Performed the experiments: JK SM AS PF BA-G. Analyzed the data: JK SM AS PF EZ PE FP-D B-AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EZ BA-G. Wrote the paper: JK SM PE FP-D BA-G.