About the Authors

Venkata Pulla Rao Vendra

Affiliation Prof. Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

Sushil Chandani

Affiliation Novarus Discoveries Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India

Dorairajan Balasubramanian

dbala@lvpei.org

Affiliation Prof. Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

Though one of the authors, Dr. Sushil Chandani, is affiliated with a company, this fact does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB. Performed the experiments: VPV SC. Analyzed the data: DB VPV SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB VPV SC. Wrote the paper: DB VPV SC.