About the Authors

Caroline Manicam

cmjc_82@yahoo.com

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

Susanne Pitz

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

Christoph Brochhausen

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Franz H. Grus

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

Norbert Pfeiffer

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

Adrian Gericke

Affiliation 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: CM AG. Performed the experiments: CM. Analyzed the data: CM SP CB FHG NP AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM SP CB FHG NP AG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CM AG.