About the Authors

Elizabeth Crabtree

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Katy Uribe

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Sara M. Smith

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Darby Roberts

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Jacklyn H. Salmon

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Jacquelyn J. Bower

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Liujiang Song

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Prabhakar Bastola

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Matthew L. Hirsch

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian C. Gilger

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

bgilger@ncsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.