About the Authors

Karen G. Shadrach

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmic Research, The Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Mary E. Rayborn

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmic Research, The Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Joe G. Hollyfield

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmic Research, The Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Vera L. Bonilha

bonilhav@ccf.org

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmic Research, The Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VLB. Performed the experiments: KGS MER VLB. Analyzed the data: VLB JGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VLB JGH. Wrote the paper: VLB.