**Conflict of interest**

Vatookarn Roongpoovapatr, Jane Cook and Taher K. Eleiwa—None to declare.

Sonia H. Yoo and Mohamed Abou Shousha—.

Financial Support: This study was supported by a NEI K23 award (K23EY026118), NEI core center grant to the University of Miami (P30 EY014801), and Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB).

The funding organization had no role in the design or conduct of this research.

Conflict of Interest: United States Non-Provisional Patents (Application No. 8992023 and 61809518), and PCT/US2018/013409. Patents and PCT are owned by University of Miami and licensed to Resolve Ophthalmics, LLC. Mohamed Abou Shousha is an equity holder and sits on the Board of Directors for Resolve Ophthalmics, LLC.

Sonia Yoo is a co-inventor of intellectual property used in the study.
