About the Authors

Audrey B. Condren

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Anil Kumar

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pradeep Mettu

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Katharine J. Liang

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lian Zhao

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jen-yue Tsai

Affiliation Biological Imaging Core, National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert N. Fariss

Affiliation Biological Imaging Core, National Eye institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wai T. Wong

wongw@nei.nih.gov

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, 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: WTW ABC AK PM KJL JT RNF. Performed the experiments: ABC AK PM KJL LZ WTW. Analyzed the data: ABC AK PM KJL LZ RNF WTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WTW RNF JT. Wrote the paper: WTW ABC AK PM KJL.