About the Authors

Xiaobo Zhang

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Eugene A. Volpe

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Niral B. Gandhi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chris S. Schaumburg

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Allergan Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America

Karyn F. Siemasko

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Allergan Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America

Solherny B. Pangelinan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scott D. Kelly

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Adrian C. Hayday

Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, King’s College London at Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

De-Quan Li

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael E. Stern

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Allergan Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America

Jerry Y. Niederkorn

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Stephen C. Pflugfelder

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Cintia S. De Paiva

cintiadp@bcm.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: M. Stern, C. Schaumburg and K. Siemasko are employees of Allergan Inc. M. Stern also holds a visiting professorship appointment at Baylor College of Medicine. However, Allergan Inc. was not a funder in this project. Their presence as authors does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ CSDP ACH SCP MES D-QL CSS KFS JYN. Performed the experiments: XZ CSDP ACH SCP MES D-QL CSS KFS JYN EAV NBG SBP SDK. Analyzed the data: XZ CSDP ACH SCP MES D-QL CSS KFS JYN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYN. Wrote the paper: XZ CSDP ACH SCP MES D-QL CSS KFS JYN.