Article Information
- Received December 16, 2016
- Revision received February 15, 2017
- Accepted February 28, 2017
- First published March 8, 2017.
- Version of record published April 5, 2017.
Author Information
- Mohammadali Almasieh1,2,
- Maria-Magdalena Catrinescu1,
- Loïc Binan1,
- Santiago Costantino1, and
- Leonard A. Levin1,2,3
- 1Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H1T 2M4, Canada,
- 2Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3S5, Canada, and
- 3Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Author contributions
Author contributions: M.A., M.-M.C., and L.A.L. designed research; M.A., M.-M.C., L.B., and S.C. performed research; L.B., S.C., and L.A.L. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; M.A., M.-M.C., and L.A.L. analyzed data; M.A., M.-M.C., and L.A.L. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received December 16, 2016.
- Revision received February 15, 2017.
- Accepted February 28, 2017.
This work was supported in part by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (L.A.L. and S.C.), the Canada Research Chair Program (L.A.L.), the National Institutes of Health (Grants R21 EY025074 and P30EY016665 to L.A.L.), Research to Prevent Blindness (unrestricted departmental grant, University of Wisconsin), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (S.C.), Fonds de Recherche du Quebec–Santé (salary awards to M.A. and S.C.), and the Fonds de Recherche en Ophtalmologie de l'Universite de Montreal (L.B.). We thank Professor Michael Coleman for the kind gift of WldS rats and Isabelle Prévost and Javier Mazzaferri for technical support with laser axotomy.
L.A.L. is an inventor for patents on PB1 and related phosphine-borane complexes. The patents have been assigned to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Leonard A. Levin, M.D., Ph.D., McGill Academic Eye Center, 5252 boul de Maisonneuve West, Suite 400, Montreal, QC H4A 3S5, Canada. leonard.levin{at}mcgill.ca.
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