About the Authors

Koon-Ho Chan

koonho@hkucc.hku.hk.

Affiliations University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Hong Kong University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Network, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation Research Laboratory, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Karen Siu-Ling Lam

Affiliations University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Hong Kong University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Network, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

On-Yin Cheng

Affiliations University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation Research Laboratory, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Jason Shing-Cheong Kwan

Affiliations University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation Research Laboratory, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Philip Wing-Lok Ho

Affiliations University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Kenneth King-Yip Cheng

Affiliations University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Sookja Kim Chung

Affiliation Hong Kong University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Network, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Jessica Wing-Man Ho

Affiliation University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Vivian Yawei Guo

Affiliation University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Almin Xu

Affiliations University Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHC JSCK PWLH KSLL SKC AX. Performed the experiments: OYC JSCK JWMH VYG. Analyzed the data: KHC JSCK OYC KKYC SKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHC JSCK PWLH KKYC. Wrote the paper: KHC KSLL.