About the Authors

Uli S. Herrmann

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Tiziana Sonati

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jeppe Falsig

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Regina R. Reimann

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Paolo Dametto

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Tracy O’Connor

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Bei Li

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Agnes Lau

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Simone Hornemann

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Silvia Sorce

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Uli Wagner

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Despina Sanoudou

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Adriano Aguzzi

adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: USH JF TS AA. Performed the experiments: USH JF TS BL SS. Analyzed the data: USH JF TS RRR BL PD TO SS AL SH UW DS AA. Wrote the paper: USH TS AA.