About the Authors

Lisette Hoeksema

l.hoeksema@umcg.nl

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, W.J. Kolff Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Leonoor I. Los

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, W.J. Kolff Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

Dr. Los has received personal fees paid by Abbott for giving lectures on uveitis. These fees consisted of travel expenses and hotel costs for lectures given in June 2010 and 2011. There are no further financial or other relations between Dr. Los and Abbott or any other commercial company. Therefore, this does not affect the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. For all clarity, the manuscript has not been influenced in any way by any commercial company or sponsor.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH LL. Performed the experiments: LH. Analyzed the data: LH. Wrote the paper: LH LL. Drafting the article: LH. Revising the article critically for important intellectual content: LL. Final approval of the version to be published: LH LL.