About the Authors

Mauricio Torres

Affiliations Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Karen Castillo

Affiliations Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Ricardo Armisén

Affiliation Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Andrés Stutzin

Affiliation Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Claudio Soto

chetz@med.uchile.cl (CH); claudio.soto@uth.tmc.edu (CS)

Affiliation Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Claudio Hetz

chetz@med.uchile.cl (CH); claudio.soto@uth.tmc.edu (CS)

Affiliations Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Neurounion Biomedical Foundation, Santiago, Chile, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH CS AS KC MT RA. Performed the experiments: MT KC CH. Analyzed the data: MT CH RA KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH CS AS. Wrote the paper: CH MT CS.