About the Authors

Katarina Vajn

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia

Barbara Viljetić

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia

Ivan Večeslav Degmečić

Affiliation Animal Facility, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia

Ronald L. Schnaar

Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marija Heffer

marija.heffer.lauc@mefos.hr

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia

Competing Interests

Some anti-ganglioside antibodies used in this study are licensed for commercial distribution by the Johns Hopkins University with Dr. Ronald L. Schnaar entitled to a share of royalty received. 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: KV MH. Performed the experiments: KV MH BV IVD. Analyzed the data: KV MH RLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IVD RLS. Wrote the paper: KV RLS MH.