About the Authors

Judith Field

judith.field@florey.edu.au

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria., Australia

Fernando Shahijanian

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Stephen Schibeci

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australia and New Zealand MS Genetics Consortium (ANZgene)

Membership of the ANZgene Consortium appears in the Acknowledgments.

Laura Johnson

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria., Australia

Melissa Gresle

Affiliations Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Louise Laverick

Affiliations Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Grant Parnell

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Graeme Stewart

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Fiona McKay

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Trevor Kilpatrick

Affiliations Multiple Sclerosis Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria., Australia, Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Melbourne Neuroscience Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Helmut Butzkueven

Affiliations Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

David Booth

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF GS GP TK HB DB. Performed the experiments: JF FS SS LJ MG LL FM. Analyzed the data: JF FS LJ FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF SS GP GS TK HB DB. Wrote the paper: JF FM TK HB DB.