About the Authors

Stephen J. A. Davies

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Chung-Hsuan Shih

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Genetics, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Mark Noble

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Genetics, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Margot Mayer-Proschel

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Genetics, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jeannette E. Davies

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeannette E. Davies, Christoph Proschel

Jeannette.Davies@ucdenver.edu; chris_proschel@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Christoph Proschel

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeannette E. Davies, Christoph Proschel

Jeannette.Davies@ucdenver.edu; chris_proschel@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Genetics, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJAD MN MM-P JED CP. Performed the experiments: SJAD C-HS JED CP. Analyzed the data: SJAD JED CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJAD MM-P JED CP. Wrote the paper: SJAD MN JED CP.