About the Authors

Mei Tian

Affiliations Retinal Neurobiology Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, National Institute for Radiological Protection, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Marisa Zallocchi

Affiliation Retinal Neurobiology Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Weimin Wang

Affiliation Retinal Neurobiology Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ching-Kang Chen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Krzysztof Palczewski

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Duane Delimont

Affiliation Retinal Neurobiology Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Dominic Cosgrove

Affiliation Retinal Neurobiology Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

You-Wei Peng

You-wei.peng@boystown.org

Affiliation Retinal Neurobiology Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YWP DC MT. Performed the experiments: YWP MT MZ WW DD. Analyzed the data: YWP DC CC KP MT MZ WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YWP CC KP MZ DD DC. Wrote the paper: YWP DC CC KP MT MZ.