About the Authors

Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis

sgarbuzo@health.usf.edu

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Cyndy Davis Sanberg

Affiliation Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc., Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Nicole Kuzmin-Nichols

Affiliation Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc., Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Alison E. Willing

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Carmelina Gemma

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Paula C. Bickford

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Christina Miller

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Robert Rossi

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Paul R. Sanberg

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

SGD, AEW, and PCB are consultants and PRS is a co-founder of Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS SG AW. Performed the experiments: CG CM RR. Analyzed the data: SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB CD NK. Wrote the paper: SG.