About the Authors
- Hani Salehi-Had
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hani Salehi-Had, Mi In Roh
Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mi In Roh
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hani Salehi-Had, Mi In Roh
Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Andrea Giani
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Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Toshio Hisatomi
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Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Shintaro Nakao
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Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ivana K. Kim
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Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Evangelos S. Gragoudas
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Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Demetrios Vavvas
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Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Samira Guccione
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* E-mail: guccione@stanford.edu
Affiliation Radiological Sciences Laboratory, Lucas Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Joan W. Miller
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Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have no financial interests to disclose. Samira Guccione is a named inventor on the patent application for the therapy used in this paper. There is no commercialization of the application. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HS-H SG JWM TH DV. Performed the experiments: HS-H MIR AG TH SN IKK ESG SG. Analyzed the data: HS-H MIR AG SG JWM DV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG JWM DV TH SN. Wrote the paper: HS-H MIR AG SG JWM DV.