About the Authors
- Xiaobo Zhang
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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
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Niral B. Gandhi
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Chris S. Schaumburg
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Allergan Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America
- Karyn F. Siemasko
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Allergan Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America
- Solherny B. Pangelinan
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Scott D. Kelly
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Adrian C. Hayday
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Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, King’s College London at Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- De-Quan Li
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Michael E. Stern
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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
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Stephen C. Pflugfelder
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Cintia S. De Paiva
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* E-mail: 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.