About the Authors

Scott W. Cousins

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Duke University Eye Center, Duke Center for Macular Diseases, Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Diego G. Espinosa-Heidmann

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Duke University Eye Center, Duke Center for Macular Diseases, Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Daniel M. Miller

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Simone Pereira-Simon

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Eleut P. Hernandez

Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Hsin Chien

Affiliation Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Courtney Meier-Jewett

Affiliation Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard D. Dix

rdix@gsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWC DGEH DMM RDD. Performed the experiments: DGEH SPS EPH HC CMJ RDD. Analyzed the data: SWC DGEH RDD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWC DGEH RDD. Wrote the paper: SWC RDD.