About the Authors

Deborah Prè

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael W. Nestor

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael W. Nestor, Andrew A. Sproul

Affiliation The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Andrew A. Sproul

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael W. Nestor, Andrew A. Sproul

Affiliation The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Samson Jacob

Affiliation The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Koppensteiner

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Vorapin Chinchalongporn

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Research Center for Neuroscience, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom, Thailand

Matthew Zimmer

Affiliation The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Ai Yamamoto

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Scott A. Noggle

Affiliation The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Ottavio Arancio

oa1@columbia.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP MN AS SN OA. Performed the experiments: DP MN AS SJ PK MZ. Analyzed the data: DP MN AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OA SN AY VC. Wrote the paper: DP MN AS OA.