About the Authors

Yun Wang

yun.wang@tufts.edu

Affiliation Neurology Research, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guangping Zhang

Affiliation Neurology Research, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hongwei Zhou

Affiliation Neurology Research, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amey Barakat

Affiliation Neurology Research, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Henry Querfurth

Affiliation Neurology Research, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts 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: YW. Performed the experiments: YW GZ HZ AB. Analyzed the data: YW GZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW. Wrote the paper: YW HQ. Provided expertise in AD research and edited the manuscript: HQ.