About the Authors

Vanessa Montoya

Affiliations Human Molecular Genetics Program, Lurie Children’s Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Hanli Fan

Affiliation Human Molecular Genetics Program, Lurie Children’s Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Paul J. Bryar

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Joanna L. Weinstein

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Marilyn B. Mets

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America, Division of Ophthalmology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Gang Feng

Affiliation Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Joshua Martin

Affiliation Human Molecular Genetics Program, Lurie Children’s Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Alissa Martin

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Hongmei Jiang

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States of America

Nikia A. Laurie

n-laurie@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Human Molecular Genetics Program, Lurie Children’s Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAL VM. Performed the experiments: VM HF JM AM. Analyzed the data: NAL VM PJB JLW MBM GF AM HJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAL PBJ JLW MBM. Wrote the paper: NAL VM HF GF HJ. Article Revision: NAL VM PJB JLW AM.