About the Authors

Gang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nataliia Bogdanova

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tong Gao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Julia J. Song

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mark S. Cragg

Affiliation Antibody and Vaccine Group, Cancer Sciences Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Martin J. Glennie

Affiliation Antibody and Vaccine Group, Cancer Sciences Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Kazim A. Sheikh

kazim.sheikh@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ KS. Performed the experiments: GZ NB TG JJS. Analyzed the data: GZ TG KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSC MJG. Wrote the paper: GZ KS.