About the Authors

Teodor G. Păunescu

Paunescu.Teodor@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliations MGH Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven Rodriguez

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eric Benz

Affiliation MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mary McKee

Affiliation MGH Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert Tyszkowski

Affiliation MGH Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark W. Albers

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dennis Brown

Affiliations MGH Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TGP MWA DB. Performed the experiments: TGP RT EB SR MM. Analyzed the data: TGP SR MWA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TGP MWA DB. Wrote the paper: TGP SR MWA DB.