Article Information
- Received July 12, 2015
- Revision received September 4, 2015
- Accepted September 9, 2015
- Published online September 18, 2015.
Author Information
- 1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15216
- 2McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
- 3Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
- 4Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15216
- Correspondence should be addressed to Michael B. Steketee, Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Neuroscience, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 450 Technology Drive, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail: SteketeeM{at}UPMC.edu.
Author contributions
Author contributions: T.R. and Y.v.d.M. performed research; T.R., Y.v.d.M., and M.B.S. wrote the paper; M.B.S. designed research.
Disclosures
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
This research was funded by the Department of Defense Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program (to M.B.S.), Grant MR130444; the Competitive Medical Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh (to M.B.S.); the Pennsylvania Lions Sight Conservation & Eye Research Foundation (to M.B.S.); the Sterling Lions Club of Pennsylvania District 24A and Dance for Sight (to M.B.S.); Start-up funds, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh (to M.B.S.); National Institutes of Health CORE Grant P30-EY-008098; the Eye and Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh, PA; and an Unrestricted Grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY.
Funding
DOD | Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
100005711; M4130444Competitive medical Research Faoudation
Pennsylvania Lions Sight Conservation& Eye Research Foundation
Sterling Lions Club of Pennsylvania and Dance for Sight
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburtgh
DH | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
501100000272; EY008098Eye and Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh
100001607Research to prevent Blindness
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