About the Authors

De-Hyung Lee

de-hyung.lee@uk-erlangen.de

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Silvia Seubert

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Konstantin Huhn

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Lukas Brecht

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Caroline Rötger

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Anne Waschbisch

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Johannes Schlachetzki

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Alice Klausmeyer

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany

Arthur Melms

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Stefan Wiese

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany

Jürgen Winkler

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Ralf A. Linker

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Competing Interests

Fingolimod is a product of Novartis. There are no other patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: D-HL AM AW SW JW RAL. Formal analysis: D-HL KH LB CR JS AK RAL. Funding acquisition: SW JW RAL. Investigation: D-HL SS KH LB CR AK. Methodology: D-HL SS SW JW RAL. Project administration: D-HL RAL. Resources: JS AK AM SW JW. Supervision: D-HL AM SW JW RAL. Validation: D-HL SS AK. Visualization: D-HL RAL. Writing – original draft: D-HL SS AW JS SW JW RAL. Writing – review & editing: D-HL RAL.