About the Authors

Eugenia Poliakov

poliakove@nei.nih.gov (EP); redmondd@helix.nih.gov (TMR)

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

William Samuel

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Todd Duncan

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Danielle B. Gutierrez

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nathan L. Mata

Affiliation Acucela Inc., Seattle, Washington, United States of America

T. Michael Redmond

poliakove@nei.nih.gov (EP); redmondd@helix.nih.gov (TMR)

Affiliation Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Author NM was employed by Acucela Inc. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EP TD WS. Formal analysis: EP TD DG. Funding acquisition: TMR. Investigation: EP TD WS DG NM. Methodology: EP TD WS DG. Project administration: EP TMR. Resources: TMR. Supervision: TMR. Validation: EP DG. Visualization: EP. Writing – original draft: EP. Writing – review & editing: EP DG TMR.