About the Authors
- Philip Wing-Lok Ho
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Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Zero Ho-Man Tse
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Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hui-Fang Liu
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Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Song Lu
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Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Jessica Wing-Man Ho
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Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Michelle Hiu-Wai Kung
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Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- David Boyer Ramsden
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Affiliation School of Medicine and School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Shu-Leong Ho
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* E-mail: slho@hku.hk
Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Competing Interests
The COMT ELISA method and novel protein tag “NE” presented in this manuscript are currently pending for patent protection in the United States, Europe, and China (USPTO: US2010/0081147, EPO: EP 2328909 A1, and PCT: CN 102203119) under the project titled “Human catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) assay”. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PWLH DBR SLH. Performed the experiments: PWLH ZHMT HFL JWMH MHWK SL. Analyzed the data: PWLH DBR JWMH ZHMT SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLH. Wrote the manuscript: PWLH DBR SLH.