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Supported by NIH R01 EY012021 (DAA); Research to Prevent Blindness Jules and Doris Stein Professorship (DAA); NIH R01 EY007739 (SFA); the Core Center for Vision Research at the Kellogg Eye Center P30 EY007003; European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD)/Glaxo Smith Kline Programme (RF); GIFT/Portuguese Society of Diabetes (RF); Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT Portugal, Strategic Project UID/NEU/04539/ 2013, Project PTDC/NEU-OSD/1113/2012-FCOMP-0124-FEDER- 029665 (AFA); PhD fellowship SFRH/BD/103936/2014 (AG); COMPETE-FEDER; and a Fulbright Research Fellowship (AG).