About the Authors

Karina E. Guziewicz

Contributed equally to this work with: Karina E. Guziewicz, Barbara Zangerl

karinag@vet.upenn.edu (KEG); gda@vet.upenn.edu (GDA)

Affiliation Section of Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Barbara Zangerl

Contributed equally to this work with: Karina E. Guziewicz, Barbara Zangerl

karinag@vet.upenn.edu (KEG); gda@vet.upenn.edu (GDA)

Affiliations Section of Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Centre for Eye Health, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

András M. Komáromy

Affiliations Section of Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Simone Iwabe

Affiliation Section of Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vincent A. Chiodo

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sanford L. Boye

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

William W. Hauswirth

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

William A. Beltran

Affiliation Section of Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gustavo D. Aguirre

Affiliation Section of Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: W.W.H. and the University of Florida have a financial interest in the use of adeno-associated virus therapies and has equity in a company (AGTC Inc.) that might, in the future, commercialize some aspects of this work. This conflict does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEG BZ VAC SLB WWH WAB GDA. Performed the experiments: KEG BZ AMK SI WAB. Analyzed the data: KEG BZ AMK SI VAC SLB WWH WAB GDA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KEG BZ AMK SI VAC SLB WWH WAB GDA. Wrote the paper: KEG BZ.