About the Authors

John S. K. Kauwe

Contributed equally to this work with: John S. K. Kauwe, Carlos Cruchaga

kauwe@byu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Carlos Cruchaga

Contributed equally to this work with: John S. K. Kauwe, Carlos Cruchaga

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Celeste M. Karch

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Brooke Sadler

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mo Lee

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Kevin Mayo

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Wayne Latu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Manti Su'a

Affiliation Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Anne M. Fagan

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David M. Holtzman

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

John C. Morris

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Alison M. Goate

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMG JSKK CC. Performed the experiments: CC CMK BS KM. Analyzed the data: JSKK CC CMK BS ML WL MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMH AMF JCM ADNI. Wrote the paper: JSKK CC AMG ML KM WL CMK.