About the Authors

Katie Lidster

katie.lidster@nc3rs.org.uk

Affiliation Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Samuel J. Jackson

Affiliation Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Zubair Ahmed

Affiliation School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Peter Munro

Affiliation Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Pete Coffey

Affiliation Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Gavin Giovannoni

Affiliation Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Mark D. Baker

Affiliation Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

David Baker

Affiliation Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors did not receive funds or incentives from Quark Pharmaceuticals for undertaking the study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL SJJ ZA PM PC GG MDB DB. Performed the experiments: KL SJJ ZA PM PC GG MDB DB. Analyzed the data: KL SJJ ZA PM PC GG MDB DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZA PC MDB. Wrote the manuscript: KL SJJ ZA PM PC GG MDB DB.