About the Authors
- Michael Hecker
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* E-mail: michael.hecker@rocketmail.com
Affiliation Steinbeis Transfer Center for Proteome Analysis, Rostock, Germany
- Brigitte Katrin Paap
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Robert Hermann Goertsches
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Affiliation Steinbeis Transfer Center for Proteome Analysis, Rostock, Germany
- Ole Kandulski
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Christian Fatum
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Dirk Koczan
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Hans-Peter Hartung
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Hans-Juergen Thiesen
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Uwe Klaus Zettl
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. M Hecker, BK Paap, RH Goertsches, O Kandulski, C Fatum, D Koczan and H-J Thiesen declare no competing interests. UK Zettl received research support as well as speaking fees from Bayer, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Sanofi-Aventis and Teva. H-P Hartung received honoraria for consulting and speaking from Bayer HealthCare, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis and Teva. These competing interests do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: UKZ H-JT. Performed the experiments: RHG BKP DK. Analyzed the data: MH. Wrote the paper: MH BKP DK H-PH H-JT RHG UKZ. Responsible for patient care and clinical documentation: UKZ OK CF.