About the Authors

Christoph Kleinschnitz

h.schmidt@farmaco.unimaas.nl (HHHWS); christoph.kleinschnitz@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de (CK)

Affiliation Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Henrike Grund

Affiliation Rudolf-Buchheim-Institut für Pharmakologie & Medizinische Klinik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany

Kirstin Wingler

Affiliations Rudolf-Buchheim-Institut für Pharmakologie & Medizinische Klinik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany, Department of Pharmacology and Centre for Vascular Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, The Netherlands, National Stroke Research Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Melbourne, Australia

Melanie E. Armitage

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Centre for Vascular Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, National Stroke Research Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Melbourne, Australia

Emma Jones

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Centre for Vascular Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Manish Mittal

Affiliation Rudolf-Buchheim-Institut für Pharmakologie & Medizinische Klinik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany

David Barit

Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) International Center for Diabetic Complications Research, Melbourne, Australia

Tobias Schwarz

Affiliation Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Christian Geis

Affiliation Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Peter Kraft

Affiliation Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Konstanze Barthel

Affiliation Abteilung Neurologie, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Michael K. Schuhmann

Affiliations Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Universitätsklinik Münster, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie—Entzündliche Erkrankungen des Nervensystems und Neuroonkologie, Münster, Germany

Alexander M. Herrmann

Affiliations Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Universitätsklinik Münster, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie—Entzündliche Erkrankungen des Nervensystems und Neuroonkologie, Münster, Germany

Sven G. Meuth

Affiliations Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Universitätsklinik Münster, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie—Entzündliche Erkrankungen des Nervensystems und Neuroonkologie, Münster, Germany

Guido Stoll

Affiliation Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Sabine Meurer

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Centre for Vascular Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Anja Schrewe

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, München, Germany

Lore Becker

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, München, Germany, Friedrich-Baur-Institut an der Neurologischen Klinik, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Valérie Gailus-Durner

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, München, Germany

Helmut Fuchs

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, München, Germany

Thomas Klopstock

Affiliation Friedrich-Baur-Institut an der Neurologischen Klinik, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Martin Hrabé de Angelis

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, München, Germany, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Genetik, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Karin Jandeleit-Dahm

Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) International Center for Diabetic Complications Research, Melbourne, Australia

Ajay M. Shah

Affiliation King's College London School of Medicine, The James Black Centre, Cardiovascular Division, London, United Kingdom

Norbert Weissmann

Affiliation Rudolf-Buchheim-Institut für Pharmakologie & Medizinische Klinik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany

Harald H. H. W. Schmidt

h.schmidt@farmaco.unimaas.nl (HHHWS); christoph.kleinschnitz@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de (CK)

Affiliations Rudolf-Buchheim-Institut für Pharmakologie & Medizinische Klinik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany, Department of Pharmacology and Centre for Vascular Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, The Netherlands, National Stroke Research Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

HHHWS and KW declare a potential competing interest as shareholder and previous employee, respectively, of Vasopharm GmbH, which develops NADPH oxidase inhibitors such as VAS2870. All authors declare that they adhere to all PLoS Biology policies on sharing data and materials as detailed in the PLoS Biology guide for authors.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: CK AS MHdA KJD NW HHS. Performed the experiments: CK HG MEA EJ MM DB TS CG PK KB MKS AMH SGM GS SM AS LB VGD HF TK. Analyzed the data: CK MEA EJ MM DB LB VGD HF TK MHdA KJD NW HHHWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK HG KW AMS HHHWS. Wrote the paper: CK KW HHHWS.