About the Authors

Shannon E. Boye

shaire@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sanford L. Boye

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jijing Pang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Renee Ryals

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Drew Everhart

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Yumiko Umino

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Andy W. Neeley

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Joseph Besharse

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Robert Barlow

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

William W. Hauswirth

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

William W. Hauswirth and the University of Florida have a financial interest in the use of AAV therapies, and own equity in a company (AGTC Inc.) that might, in the future, commercialize some aspects of this work.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SLB. Performed the experiments: SB SLB JP RCR DE YU AWN. Analyzed the data: SB RCR DE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB. Wrote the paper: SB. Assisted with project direction and manuscript revision: WH.