About the Authors

Elsa N. Bou Ghanem

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stacie Clark

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sara E. Roggensack

Affiliation Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sally R. McIver

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pilar Alcaide

Affiliation Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine and Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philip G. Haydon

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John M. Leong

John.Leong@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The authors declare that PGH is co-founder and president of GliaCure, Inc. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ENBG JML. Performed the experiments: ENBG SC SER. Analyzed the data: ENBG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRM PA PGH. Wrote the paper: ENBG JML.