About the Authors

Eun-Jung Choi

Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Wanqiu Chen

Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kristine Jun

Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Helen M. Arthur

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, International Centre for Life, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

William L. Young

Affiliations Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Hua Su

hua.su@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJC HS WLY. Performed the experiments: EJC WC KJ. Analyzed the data: EJC WC KJ HA HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA. Wrote the paper: EJC HS. Obtained financial support: WLY HS.