About the Authors

Caitlin Kakigi

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

Toshimitsu Kasuga

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sophia Y. Wang

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

Kuldev Singh

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Yoshimune Hiratsuka

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Murakami

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shan C. Lin

LinS@vision.ucsf.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK KS YH AM SCL. Performed the experiments: CK TK SYW. Analyzed the data: CK TK SYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK TK SYW. Wrote the paper: CK TK SCL.