About the Authors

Wenxin Ma

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lian Zhao

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Aurora M. Fontainhas

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert N. Fariss

Affiliation Biological Imaging Core, Office of the Scientific Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wai T. Wong

wongw@nei.nih.gov

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM LZ WTW. Performed the experiments: WM LZ AF. Analyzed the data: WM LZ RNF WTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RNF WTW. Wrote the paper: WM LZ AF RNF WTW.