About the Authors

Cheng-Rong Yu

Affiliation Molecular Immunology Section, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yun Sang Lee

Affiliation Molecular Immunology Section, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rashid M. Mahdi

Affiliation Molecular Immunology Section, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Narayanan Surendran

Affiliation Orchid Research Laboratories Limited, Chennai, India

Charles E. Egwuagu

egwuaguc@nei.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Immunology Section, 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: CRY NS CEE. Performed the experiments: CRY YSL RMM. Analyzed the data: CRY CEE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS. Wrote the paper: CEE.