About the Authors

James F. Sampson

Affiliation Program in Immunology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States of America

Eiichi Hasegawa

Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States of America

Lama Mulki

Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States of America

Amol Suryawanshi

Affiliation New England Eye Center/Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Shuhong Jiang

Affiliations Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM USDA HNRCA at Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States of America, Ophthalmology Department, People's Hospital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, China

Wei-Sheng Chen

Affiliation Cell, Molecular, & Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States of America

Gabriel A. Rabinovich

Affiliation Laboratorio de Inmunopatología, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), C1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kip M. Connor

kip_connor@meei.harvard.edu (KMC); Noorjahan.panjwani@tufts.edu (NP)

Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States of America

Noorjahan Panjwani

kip_connor@meei.harvard.edu (KMC); Noorjahan.panjwani@tufts.edu (NP)

Affiliations Program in Immunology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States of America, New England Eye Center/Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America, Ophthalmology Department, People's Hospital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFS EH LM AS GAR KMC NP. Performed the experiments: JFS EH LM SJ. Analyzed the data: JFS EH LM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WC KMC NP. Wrote the paper: JFS EH LM AS SJ WC GAR KMC NP.