About the Authors

Dorothea Rutishauser

Contributed equally to this work with: Dorothea Rutishauser, Kirsten D. Mertz

Affiliations Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Kirsten D. Mertz

Contributed equally to this work with: Dorothea Rutishauser, Kirsten D. Mertz

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Rita Moos

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Erich Brunner

Affiliations Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Model Organism Proteomes, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Rülicke

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animal Science and Research Center Biomodels Austria, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Anna Maria Calella

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Adriano Aguzzi

adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR KDM RM EB AMC AA. Performed the experiments: DR KDM RM EB TR AMC. Analyzed the data: DR KDM AMC. Wrote the paper: DR KDM AA.