About the Authors

Anna Kuta

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Wenhan Deng

Affiliation Biochemistry and Biomedical Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Ali Morsi El-Kadi

Affiliation Biochemistry and Biomedical Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Gareth T. Banks

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Majid Hafezparast

Affiliation Biochemistry and Biomedical Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

K. Kevin Pfister

Affiliation Cell Biology Department, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Elizabeth M. C. Fisher

e.fisher@prion.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK MH EMF. Performed the experiments: AK WD AMEK GTB MH. Analyzed the data: AK KKP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK WD AMEK GTB MH. Wrote the paper: AK KKP EMF.