About the Authors

Pasqualina Colella

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Andrea Sommella

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Elena Marrocco

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Umberto Di Vicino

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Elena Polishchuk

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Marina Garcia Garrido

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, Tuebingen, Germany

Mathias W. Seeliger

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, Tuebingen, Germany

Roman Polishchuk

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Alberto Auricchio

auricchio@tigem.it

Affiliations Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy, Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Translational Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA PC AS. Performed the experiments: PC AS EM UDV EP RP MGG. Analyzed the data: PC AS AA MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGG MS. Wrote the paper: PC AA.