About the Authors
- Ying Liu
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Affiliations Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America, Changsha Aier Eye Hospital, Changsha, China
- Rachida A. Bouhenni
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Affiliation Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, United States of America
- Craig P. Dufresne
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Affiliation Thermo Fisher Scientific, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America
- Richard D. Semba
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Affiliation Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
- Deepak P. Edward
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* E-mail: dedwar39@jhmi.edu
Affiliations Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Competing Interests
None of the authors has any conflict of interest or financial interests related to this study. Thermo Fisher Scientific Company provided support in the form of salaries for author [CPD. The funders and the commercial affiliation do not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DPE. Performed the experiments: YL RAB CPD. Analyzed the data: YL RAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPD RDS. Wrote the paper: YL RAB RDS DPE CPD.