About the Authors
- Luciano Conti
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Contributed equally to this work with: Luciano Conti, Steven M Pollard
Affiliations Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Steven M Pollard
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Contributed equally to this work with: Luciano Conti, Steven M Pollard
Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Thorsten Gorba
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¤ Current address: Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Erika Reitano
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Mauro Toselli
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Affiliation Institute of Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Gerardo Biella
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Affiliation Institute of Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Yirui Sun
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Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Sveva Sanzone
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Qi-Long Ying
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Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Elena Cattaneo
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Austin Smith
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: austin.smith@ed.ac.uk
Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The University of Edinburgh has filed a patent application on methods of deriving and culturing neural stem cells relating to this study. This patent has been licensed to Stem Cell Sciences Ltd. AS holds non-voting equity (ca 5%) in Stem Cell Sciences Ltd.
Author Contributions
LC, SMP,TG, EC, and AS conceived and designed the experiments. LC, SMP, TG, ER, MT, GB, YS, SS, QLY, and AS performed the experiments. LC, SMP, TG, ER, MT, GB, and YS analyzed the data. LC, SMP and AS wrote the paper.