About the Authors

Sung Min Han

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Hajer El Oussini

Affiliations INSERM, U1118, Mécanismes centraux et périphériques de la neurodégénérescence, Strasbourg, France, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, UMRS1118, Strasbourg, France

Jelena Scekic-Zahirovic

Affiliations INSERM, U1118, Mécanismes centraux et périphériques de la neurodégénérescence, Strasbourg, France, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, UMRS1118, Strasbourg, France

Jack Vibbert

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Pauline Cottee

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jeevan K. Prasain

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Hugo J. Bellen

Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Luc Dupuis

Affiliations INSERM, U1118, Mécanismes centraux et périphériques de la neurodégénérescence, Strasbourg, France, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, UMRS1118, Strasbourg, France

Michael A. Miller

mamiller@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors HJB and MAM declare a potential conflict of interest. A patent application has been filed and HJB is part of HEALS Biopharma.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM LD HJB JKP SMH. Performed the experiments: SMH HEO JSZ JV PC JKP. Analyzed the data: SMH MAM HJB JKP LD. Wrote the paper: SMH MAM LD.