About the Authors

Maximilian Schultheiss

Affiliation Centre for Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Sven Schnichels

sven.schnichels@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Centre for Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Thoralf Hermann

Affiliation Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Jose Hurst

Affiliation Centre for Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Marita Feldkaemper

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Blanca Arango-Gonzalez

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Marius Ueffing

Affiliation Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Karl U. Bartz-Schmidt

Affiliation Centre for Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Guenther Zeck

Affiliation Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Martin S. Spitzer

Affiliation Centre for Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MS MSS KUBS MU. Performed the experiments: MS MSS JH GZ TH MF SS. Analyzed the data: MS MSS GZ TH MF JH SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS TH JH GZ MF BAG MU. Wrote the paper: MS MSS JH GZ MF BAG SS KUBS.