About the Authors

Saijyothi Venkata Aluru

Affiliation Biochemistry and Cell Biology Department, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Shweta Agarwal

Affiliation Ocular Surface Clinic, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Bhaskar Srinivasan

Affiliation Ocular Surface Clinic, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Geetha Krishnan Iyer

Affiliation Ocular Surface Clinic, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Sivakumar M. Rajappa

Affiliation Cerebrovascular and Vasculitis Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Utpal Tatu

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Prema Padmanabhan

Affiliation Ocular Surface Clinic, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Nirmala Subramanian

Affiliation Oculoplasty Department, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Angayarkanni Narayanasamy

drak@snmail.org

Affiliation Biochemistry and Cell Biology Department, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN PP. Performed the experiments: SVA. Analyzed the data: AN SVA SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN SA BS GKI SMR PP NS UT. Wrote the paper: AN SVA.