About the Authors

Kai Hu

Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Immune Disease Institute, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Deshea L. Harris

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Immune Disease Institute, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Takefumi Yamaguchi

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Immune Disease Institute, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ulrich H. von Andrian

Affiliations Immune Disease Institute, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pedram Hamrah

phamrah@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Immune Disease Institute, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH KH UvA. Performed the experiments: KH DH. Analyzed the data: KH TY UvA PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH UvA. Wrote the paper: KH PH.