About the Authors

Subhash Gaddipati

Affiliations Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Qingxian Lu

Affiliations Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Ramesh Babu Kasetti

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

M. Clarke Miller

Affiliations James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Georgia, Oakwood, Georgia, United States of America

Qingjun Lu

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tong-Ren Eye Center, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

John O. Trent

Affiliations James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Henry J. Kaplan

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Qiutang Li

q.li@louisville.edu

Affiliations Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG Qingxian Lu RBK MCM Qiutang Li. Performed the experiments: SG Qingxian Lu RBK MCM. Analyzed the data: SG Qingxian Lu RBK MCM Qingjun Lu JOT HJK Qiutang Li. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG Qingxian Lu RBK MCM Qingjun Lu JOT HJK Qiutang Li. Wrote the paper: SG Qingxian Lu Qiutang Li.