About the Authors

Bruce A. Berkowitz

baberko@med.wayne.edu

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

David Bissig

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Yongquan Ye

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Puja Valsadia

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Timothy S. Kern

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and Veterans Administration Medical Center Research Service 151, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Robin Roberts

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAB DB TSK RR. Performed the experiments: DB PV RR TSK. Analyzed the data: BAB DB TSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB YY TSK. Wrote the paper: BAB DB RR YY TSK.