About the Authors

Enken Gundlach

Affiliations University Eye Hospital Charite, Berlin, Germany, Eye Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Michael Marcus Hoffmann

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Antje Prasse

Affiliations Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Department Respiratory Medicine Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany, Clinical Research Center Fraunhofer ITEM, Hannover, Germany

Sonja Heinzelmann

Affiliation Eye Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Thomas Ness

thomas.ness@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Affiliation Eye Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

Enken Gundlach and Michael Hoffmann have declared that no competing interests exist. Antje Prasse is an editor of PLOS ONE. Sonja Heinzelmann has the following competing interests: clinical studies with Novartis, Allergan, Abbvie, Bayer and Santen. Thomas Ness has the following competing interests: clinical studies with Novartis, Allergan, Abbvie, Bayer and Santen, honoria for speaking from Novartis, Abbvie, Allergan, Heidelberg Engeneering. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG SH TN. Performed the experiments: EG SH MH TN. Analyzed the data: EG AP SH MH TN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG AP SH MH TN. Wrote the paper: EG AP SH MH TN.