About the Authors

Alejandra Young

Affiliations Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ying Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Novruz B. Ahmedli

Affiliation Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Meisheng Jiang

jm@ucla.edu (MJ); farber@jsei.ucla.edu (DBF)

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Debora B. Farber

jm@ucla.edu (MJ); farber@jsei.ucla.edu (DBF)

Affiliations Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DBF MJ AY. Performed the experiments: AY YW. Analyzed the data: AY NBA DBF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DBF MJ. Wrote the paper: AY DBF MJ.