About the Authors

Alexandre Denoyer

alexandre.denoyer@gmail.com

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France, Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital, Paris, France

David Godefroy

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France

Isabelle Célérier

Affiliation Team 1, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, U872, Paris, France

Julie Frugier

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France

Julie Degardin

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France

Jeffrey K. Harrison

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Francoise Brignole-Baudouin

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France, Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Biological and Pharmacological Sciences, University René Descartes Paris 05, Paris, France

Serge Picaud

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France

Francoise Baleux

Affiliation Unité de chimie des biomolécules, Institut Pasteur, CNRS 2128, Paris, France

José A. Sahel

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France, Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital, Paris, France

William Rostène

Contributed equally to this work with: William Rostène, Christophe Baudouin

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France

Christophe Baudouin

Contributed equally to this work with: William Rostène, Christophe Baudouin

Affiliations UPMC University Paris 6, Institut de la Vision, UMRS968, Paris, France, INSERM, U968, Paris, France, CNRS, U7210, Paris, France, Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD FB-B WR CB. Performed the experiments: AD DG IC JF JD WR. Analyzed the data: AD JKH FB-B SP FB JS WR CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG IC JKH FB. Wrote the paper: AD WR.