About the Authors

Stephanie C. Joachim

stephanie.joachim@rub.de

Affiliation Experimental Eye Research Institute, Ruhr University Eye Hospital, Bochum, Germany

Oliver W. Gramlich

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Panagiotis Laspas

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Heiko Schmid

Affiliation Experimental Eye Research Institute, Ruhr University Eye Hospital, Bochum, Germany

Sabine Beck

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Harald D. von Pein

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

H. Burkhard Dick

Affiliation Experimental Eye Research Institute, Ruhr University Eye Hospital, Bochum, Germany

Norbert Pfeiffer

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Franz H. Grus

Affiliation Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ OG PL HP FG. Performed the experiments: SJ OG PL HS SB HP. Analyzed the data: SJ OG SB HBD NP FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBD NP FG. Wrote the paper: SJ OG PL HS HBD NP FG.