Gurdita, Akshay
Tan, Bingyao
Joos, Karen M.
Bizheva, Kostadinka
Choh, Vivian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8197-4082
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery Grant, Discovery Grant)
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (Leaders Opportunity Fund)
University of Waterloo (Propel Centre Disease Prevention Initiative Seed Grant, Propel Centre Disease Prevention Initiative Seed Grant, Propel Centre Disease Prevention Initiative Seed Grant, CIHR Research Incentive Fund, CIHR Research Incentive Fund, CIHR Research Incentive Fund)
Joseph Ellis Family (Glaucoma Research Fund)
William Black (Glaucoma Research Fund)
National Institutes of Health (5P30EY008126-27)
Research to Prevent Blindness (Unrestricted Departmental Grant)
Article History
Received: 15 November 2016
Accepted: 28 March 2017
First Online: 7 April 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: AG presented some of this work at the ARVO 2015 Meeting. VC is a co-applicant on a patent describing work supported by the NSERC Grant but not related to the subject matter. The authors certify that they have no other affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: The statements on animal welfare are stated in both the “Methods” and in the “Compliance with ethical standards” sections.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted. This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.