About the Authors

Erming Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Vahid Aslanzadeh

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Research Institute of Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

Filomena Papa

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Haiyan Zhu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Pierre de la Grange

Affiliation GenoSplice technology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France

Franca Cambi

franca.cambi@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the co-authors, PdlG is the co-founder of Genosplice technology and he is mainly responsible for scientific development and commercial aspects of the company. 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: FC EW. Performed the experiments: EW HZ FP. Analyzed the data: PdlG VA EW FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC PdlG VA. Wrote the paper: FC. Reviewed and contributed to revisions of the manuscript: PdlG EW VA.