About the Authors

Shérine Abboud

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: shabboud@ulb.ac.be

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory of Atherosclerosis Genetics, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Tampere University Hospital and Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland

Pekka J. Karhunen

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Tampere and Research Unit of the Laboratory Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Dieter Lütjohann

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Sirkka Goebeler

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Tampere and Research Unit of the Laboratory Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Teemu Luoto

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Tampere and Research Unit of the Laboratory Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Silvia Friedrichs

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Terho Lehtimaki

Affiliation Laboratory of Atherosclerosis Genetics, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Tampere University Hospital and Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland

Massimo Pandolfo

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Reijo Laaksonen

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory of Atherosclerosis Genetics, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Tampere University Hospital and Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP RL TL SA PK SG TL DL. Performed the experiments: SA SG TL SF. Analyzed the data: MP RL TL SA PK SG TL DL SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP RL TL SA PK DL SF. Wrote the paper: MP RL TL SA PK DL.