About the Authors

Oktay K. Gasymov

ogassymov@mednet.ucla.edu (OG); bglasgow@mednet.ucla.edu (BG)

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Ophthalmology and Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Adil R. Abduragimov

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Ophthalmology and Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ben J. Glasgow

ogassymov@mednet.ucla.edu (OG); bglasgow@mednet.ucla.edu (BG)

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Ophthalmology and Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG OG. Performed the experiments: OG AA. Analyzed the data: OG BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG. Wrote the paper: OG BG.