About the Authors

Cristina d’Abramo

Affiliation Litwin-Zucker Center for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Christopher M. Acker

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Heidy T. Jimenez

Affiliation Litwin-Zucker Center for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Peter Davies

pdavies@nshs.edu

Affiliations Litwin-Zucker Center for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Supported by a grant from Eli Lilly and Co. 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: CdA PD. Performed the experiments: CdA CA HJ PD. Analyzed the data: CdA CA PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD. Wrote the paper: CdA PD.