About the Authors

Audrey A. Chan

Contributed equally to this work with: Audrey A. Chan, Andrew J. Hertsenberg

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrew J. Hertsenberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Audrey A. Chan, Andrew J. Hertsenberg

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Martha L. Funderburgh

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary M. Mann

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yiqin Du

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Katherine A. Davoli

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jocelyn Danielle Mich-Basso

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lei Yang

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James L. Funderburgh

jlfunder@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLF AJH AAC. Performed the experiments: AAC AJH MLF MMM. Analyzed the data: AAC AJH JLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAC AJH MLF YD KAD JLF JDM LY. Wrote the paper: AAC AJH MLF JLF.