About the Authors

Diana Seidel

Contributed equally to this work with: Diana Seidel, Dana Krinke

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), University of Leipzig, Division of Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig, Germany

Dana Krinke

Contributed equally to this work with: Diana Seidel, Dana Krinke

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), University of Leipzig, Division of Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig, Germany

Heinz-Georg Jahnke

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), University of Leipzig, Division of Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig, Germany

Anika Hirche

Affiliation Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Daniel Kloß

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), University of Leipzig, Division of Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig, Germany

Till G. A. Mack

Affiliations KeyNeurotek Pharmaceuticals AG, Zenit Technologiepark, Magdeburg, Germany, Department of Neurodegeneration and Intervention Strategies, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany

Frank Striggow

Affiliations KeyNeurotek Pharmaceuticals AG, Zenit Technologiepark, Magdeburg, Germany, Department of Neurodegeneration and Intervention Strategies, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany

Andrea Robitzki

andrea.robitzki@bbz.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), University of Leipzig, Division of Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

Till G.A. Mack and Frank Striggow were formerly employed by the the KeyNeurotek Pharmaceuticals AG. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HGJ. Performed the experiments: DS D. Krinke. Analyzed the data: DS D. Krinke HGJ. Wrote the paper: DS HGJ. Established and contributed the SH-SY5Y cell lines: TGAM AH. Edited the manuscript: D. Krinke TGAM D. Kloß FS AAR. Conceived the project: AAR.