About the Authors

Boglarka Racz

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, New York, Unites States of America

Andras Varadi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, New York, Unites States of America

Paul G. Pearson

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pearson Pharma Partners, Westlake Village, California, United States of America

Konstantin Petrukhin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kep4@cumc.columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, New York, Unites States of America

Competing Interests

BR, AV, and PGP declare that they have no conflict of interest with the content of this article. Columbia University licensed some of the technology described in the article to Lin BioScience, Inc. As an inventor of the technology, K.P. may benefit from this licensing agreement. K.P. is a consultant for Lin Bioscience. Dr. Pearson contributed to the study in his capacity as a consultant to the NIH Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network, Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Program, National Institutes of Health. No Pearson Pharma Partners funds were used to support this study. This commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data.