About the Authors

Yixing Wu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, United Kingdom

Heather T. Whittaker

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Suzanna Noy

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Karen Cleverley

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Veronique Brault

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, INSERM, Institut de Génétique Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France

Yann Herault

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, INSERM, Institut de Génétique Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France

Elizabeth M. C. Fisher

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, LonDownS Consortium, London, United Kingdom

Frances K. Wiseman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

f.wiseman@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, United Kingdom, LonDownS Consortium, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

F.K.W. has undertaken consultancy for Elkington and Fife Patent Lawyers unrelated to the work in the manuscript and is also a PLoS One Academic Editor. This does not alter our adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.