About the Authors
- Laura Stappert
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Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Stappert, Lodovica Borghese
Affiliation Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, LIFE & BRAIN Center, University of Bonn and Hertie Foundation, Bonn, Germany
- Lodovica Borghese
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Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Stappert, Lodovica Borghese
* E-mail: borghese@uni-bonn.de (LB); brustle@uni-bonn.de (OB)
Affiliation Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, LIFE & BRAIN Center, University of Bonn and Hertie Foundation, Bonn, Germany
- Beate Roese-Koerner
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Affiliation Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, LIFE & BRAIN Center, University of Bonn and Hertie Foundation, Bonn, Germany
- Sandra Weinhold
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Affiliation Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Philipp Koch
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Affiliation Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, LIFE & BRAIN Center, University of Bonn and Hertie Foundation, Bonn, Germany
- Stefanie Terstegge
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Affiliation Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, LIFE & BRAIN Center, University of Bonn and Hertie Foundation, Bonn, Germany
- Markus Uhrberg
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Affiliation Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Peter Wernet
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Affiliation Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Oliver Brüstle
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* E-mail: borghese@uni-bonn.de (LB); brustle@uni-bonn.de (OB)
Affiliation Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, LIFE & BRAIN Center, University of Bonn and Hertie Foundation, Bonn, Germany
Competing Interests
O.B. is co-founder of and has stock in LIFE & BRAIN GmbH. The lt-NES cell technology is proprietary (DE197 56 864.4 and all derivatives), and Lt-NES® is a registered trademark of LIFE & BRAIN GmbH. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials for non-commercial purposes.
Author Contributions
Manuscript reviewing: BRK SW MU PW. Financial support: LB OB MU PW. Conceived and designed the experiments: LS LB BRK SW PW OB. Performed the experiments: LS LB BRK SW. Analyzed the data: LS LB BRK SW MU OB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK ST. Wrote the paper: LS LB OB.