About the Authors

Kavitha Kothur

Affiliation Neuroimmunology group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Louise Wienholt

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Esther M Tantsis

Affiliation Neuroimmunology group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

John Earl

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sushil Bandodkar

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Kristina Prelog

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Fiona Tea

Affiliation Neuroimmunology group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sudarshini Ramanathan

Affiliation Neuroimmunology group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Fabienne Brilot

Affiliation Neuroimmunology group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Russell C. Dale

russell.dale@health.nsw.gov.au

Affiliation Neuroimmunology group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK RD LW FB. Performed the experiments: KK LW FT FB SR. Analyzed the data: KK RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET SB JE. Wrote the paper: KK RCD KP. Radiological phenotyping: KP.