About the Authors

Anja Smits

anja.smits@neuro.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Neurology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Zhe Jin

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology and Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Tamador Elsir

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Neurology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Hugo Pedder

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Neurology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Monica Nistér

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Irina Alafuzoff

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Anna Dimberg

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Per-Henrik Edqvist

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Fredrik Pontén

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Eleonora Aronica

Affiliations Department of (Neuro)pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, The Netherlands

Bryndis Birnir

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology and Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS ZJ EA BB. Performed the experiments: ZJ TE HP PHE EA. Analyzed the data: AS ZJ HP TE IA AD EA BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS MN PHE FP EA BB. Wrote the paper: AS. Edited the manuscript: ZJ HP MN BB. Provided clinical expertise: IA EA.