About the Authors

Sebastián Zamorano

Affiliations Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Diego Rojas-Rivera

Affiliations Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Fernanda Lisbona

Affiliations Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Valentina Parra

Affiliations Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Faculty of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Felipe A. Court

Affiliation Millennium Nucleus for Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Biology, P. Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Rosario Villegas

Affiliation Millennium Nucleus for Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Biology, P. Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Emily H. Cheng

Affiliation Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Stanley J. Korsmeyer

† Deceased.

Affiliation Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sergio Lavandero

Affiliations Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Faculty of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Cardiology Division, Department of Internal medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Claudio Hetz

chetz@med.uchile.cl

Affiliations Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Neurounion Biomedical Foundation, Santiago, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ DRR FC VP SL FL RV EC SK CH. Performed the experiments: SZ DRR FC VP FL RV. Analyzed the data: SZ DRR FC VP FL RV EC SK CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC EC SK SL CH. Wrote the paper: SZ DRR CH.