About the Authors

Oliver W. Gramlich

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Sabine Beck

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Nadine von Thun und Hohenstein-Blaul

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Nils Boehm

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Anika Ziegler

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Jan M. Vetter

Affiliation Cornea Bank of Rhineland-Palatine, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Norbert Pfeiffer

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Franz H. Grus

grus@eye-research.org

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OG FG NP. Performed the experiments: OG SB NB AZ. Analyzed the data: OG FG NP SB NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB AZ NvTuHB JV. Wrote the paper: OG FG NvTuHB.