About the Authors

Zhao Liu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Keiko Ueda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Hye Jin Kim

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Janet R. Sparrow

jrs88@cumc.columbia.edu

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRS. Performed the experiments: ZL KU HJK. Analyzed the data: JRS. Wrote the paper: JRS.