About the Authors

Arnab Datta

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Christopher P. Chen

Affiliations Memory, Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Siu Kwan Sze

sksze@ntu.edu.sg

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

A part of the work has been used to file a US provisional patent (Patent Filing number: 61/876361) on “Plasma Microvesicle Biomarker for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Stroke.” The inventors are Sze Siu Kwan and Arnab Datta from Nanyang Technological University and Christopher Chen from National University of Singapore. The provisional patent is granted. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKS AD CPC. Performed the experiments: AD. Analyzed the data: AD SKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKS CPC. Wrote the paper: AD SKS CPC.