About the Authors

Na Luo

Affiliation Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Akhilesh Kumar

Affiliation Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Michael Conwell

Affiliation Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Robert N. Weinreb

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Ryan Anderson

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana,United States of America

Yang Sun

sunyo@iupui.edu

Affiliation Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NL AK MC RNW RA YS. Performed the experiments: NL AK MC YS. Analyzed the data: NL AK MC YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NL AK MC YS. Wrote the paper: NL AK MC YS. Writing: RNW RA YS. Design of project: RNW RA YS.