The authors thank Roxann Ashworth, MHS, Gerald L. Vandergrift, and Andrea De Biase, MS, for technical support. They also thank Shannath Merbs, MD, PhD, Ray Enke, PhD, Verity Oliver, PhD, and Jin Song, MD, PhD, for providing human corneal control samples.
Supported by grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH EY019874 [ASJ], EY001765 [Wilmer Microscopy Core Facility]), Medical Illness Counseling Center (ASJ), Research to Prevent Blindness (Wilmer Eye Institute), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG MA 5110/2-1 [MM]), Fuchs' Dystrophy Research Grant (Wilmer Eye Institute [MM]), Richard Lindstrom/Eye Bank Association of America Research Grant (MM), and grants from the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Edward Colburn, Lorraine Collins, Richard Dianich, Barbara Freeman, Mary Finegan, Stanley Friedler, MD, Diane Kemker, Jean Mattison, Lee Silverman, and Norman Tunkel, PhD.
Disclosure: M. Matthaei, None; J. Hu, None; L. Kallay, None; C.G. Eberhart, None; C. Cursiefen, None; J. Qian, None; E.-M. Lackner, None; A.S. Jun, None