About the Authors

Huibi Cao

Affiliation Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Jing Wu

Affiliation Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Simon Lam

Affiliation Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Rongqi Duan

Affiliation Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Catherine Newnham

Affiliation Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Robert S. Molday

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

John J. Graziotto

Affiliation F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eric A. Pierce

Affiliation F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jim Hu

jim.hu@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC JW RD CN RSM JH. Performed the experiments: HC JW SL QD JJG EAP. Analyzed the data: HC JW SL CN RSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJG EAP. Wrote the paper: HC JH RSM.