About the Authors

Violaine K. Harris

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

vharris@tischms.org

Affiliation Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Jaina Wollowitz

Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Jacelyn Greenwald

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Alyssa L. Carlson

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: College of Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Saud A. Sadiq

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Authors Violaine Harris and Saud Sadiq are listed as inventors on US patent #US 8,642,331, which is related to the study presented in the manuscript. The patent is issued to the Tisch MS Research Center of New York and is considered a non-financial competing interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data or materials. Furthermore, Violaine Harris and Saud Sadiq have no other relevant declarations related to employment, consultancy, products in development, etc. The remaining authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.