About the Authors

Rajiv R. Mohan

mohanr@health.missouri.edu

Affiliations Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jonathan C. K. Tovey

Affiliations Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Ajay Sharma

Affiliations Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Gregory S. Schultz

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

John W. Cowden

Affiliation Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Ashish Tandon

Affiliations Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Mason Eye Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRM. Performed the experiments: RRM JCKT AS AT JWC. Analyzed the data: RRM JCKT AS AT JWC GSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRM and GSS. Wrote the paper: RRM JCKT AS AT. Obtained material transfer agreement from University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida: RRM.