About the Authors

John Koren III

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Yoshinari Miyata

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Janine Kiray

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

John C. O'Leary III

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Lana Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jianping Guo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Laura J. Blair

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Xiokai Li

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Umesh K. Jinwal

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jin Q. Cheng

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jason E. Gestwicki

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Chad A. Dickey

cdickey@health.usf.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAD JEG J. Koren YM JQC. Performed the experiments: J. Koren YM J. Kiray JCO LN JG LJB XKL UKJ. Analyzed the data: J. Koren JCO CAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEG YM JQC JG. Wrote the paper: J. Koren CAD.