About the Authors

Albert O. Edwards

edwardslab@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Brooke L. Fridley

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Katherine M. James

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Anil S. Sharma

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Julie M. Cunningham

Affiliation Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Nirubol Tosakulwong

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AOE BLF KMJ JMC. Performed the experiments: BLF KMJ AKS JMC NT. Analyzed the data: AOE BLF KMJ AKS JMC NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AOE BLF NT. Wrote the paper: AOE BLF KMJ AKS JMC.