Article Information
- Received August 15, 2014
- Revision received September 17, 2014
- Accepted October 6, 2014
- First published November 12, 2014.
- Version of record published November 12, 2014.
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Author contributions
Author contributions: C.W., N.J.W., R.M.S., and D.J.C. designed research; C.W., N.J.W., W.S.L., T.N.S., K.W.H., and R.M.S. performed research; C.W., N.J.W., R.M.S., and D.J.C. analyzed data; C.W., N.J.W., and D.J.C. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received August 15, 2014.
- Revision received September 17, 2014.
- Accepted October 6, 2014.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants EY017427 (D.J.C.), 5T32EY007135-18 (N.J.W.), and T32GM007628-32 (K.W.H.), Senior Scientific Investigator and Departmental Unrestricted Awards from Research to Prevent Blindness (D.J.C.), the BrightFocus Foundation (D.J.C.), and the Glaucoma Research Foundation (D.J.C.). Imaging was supported through the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cell Imaging Shared Resource core facility (Clinical and Translational Science Award Grant UL1 RR024975 from National Center for Research Resources/NIH) and the Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (NIH Grant P30EY008126). We acknowledge Brian J. Carlson and Kelsey Karas for their assistance with the project.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to David J. Calkins, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 11425 Medical Research Building IV, Nashville, TN 37232-0654. david.j.calkins{at}vanderbilt.edu