About the Authors

Haibo Wang

Affiliation The John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Xiaokun Han

Affiliations The John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Deeksha Gambhir

Affiliation The John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Silke Becker

Affiliation The John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Eric Kunz

Affiliation The John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Angelina Jingtong Liu

Affiliation The John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

M. Elizabeth Hartnett

ME.Hartnett@hsc.utah.edu

Affiliation The John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The authors received a human CCR3 inhibitor as a gift from Axikin Pharmaceuticals. This chemical has not been FDA approved in the US and is not yet commercially available. The authors first will request permission from Axikin Pharmaceuticals to provide the chemical if a request is made to us and then provide it until the point it becomes commercially available. Once commercially available, it will be available to all and to us. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW MEH. Performed the experiments: XH DG SB EK AJL. Analyzed the data: HW XH MEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW MEH. Wrote the paper: HW MEH.