About the Authors

Nicolas Molnarfi

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Molnarfi, Mahdia Benkhoucha

Affiliations Unit of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Mahdia Benkhoucha

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Molnarfi, Mahdia Benkhoucha

Affiliations Unit of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Kristbjörg Bjarnadóttir

Affiliations Unit of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Catherine Juillard

Affiliation Unit of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Patrice H. Lalive

Patrice.Lalive@hcuge.ch

Affiliations Unit of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Laboratory Medicine Service, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. PHL has received personal compensation serving as a consultant for Biogen-Idec, Teva, Novartis, Merck-Serono, Geneuro, and Sanofi-Aventis. PHL received payment for lectures including service on speaker bureaus from Biogen-idec, Teva, Novartis, and Merck Serono. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PHL MB NM. Performed the experiments: CJ MB KB NM. Analyzed the data: MB NM PHL. Wrote the paper: NM PHL.