About the Authors
- Nourtan F. Abdeltawab
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Affiliations Mid-South Center for Biodefense and Security, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Ramy K. Aziz
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, College of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- Rita Kansal
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Affiliations Mid-South Center for Biodefense and Security, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Sarah L. Rowe
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Affiliation VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Yin Su
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Lidia Gardner
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Charity Brannen
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Mohammed M. Nooh
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Affiliations Mid-South Center for Biodefense and Security, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Sciences, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Ramy R. Attia
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Affiliations Mid-South Center for Biodefense and Security, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Hossam A. Abdelsamed
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Affiliations Mid-South Center for Biodefense and Security, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Sciences, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- William L. Taylor
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Affiliation Molecular Resource Center, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Lu Lu
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Robert W. Williams
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Malak Kotb
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* E-mail: mkotb@utmem.edu
Affiliations Mid-South Center for Biodefense and Security, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Sciences, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NA RKA RK RW MK. Performed the experiments: NA RKA RK SR YS LG CB MN RRA HA. Analyzed the data: NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WT LL. Wrote the paper: NA RKA RW MK.