About the Authors

Hui Xu

hui.xu@jefferson.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yaping Yan

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mark S. Williams

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gregory B. Carey

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jingxian Yang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hongmei Li

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Guang-Xian Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Abdolmohamad Rostami

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HX YY. Performed the experiments: HX YY JY HL. Analyzed the data: HX YY MSW GBC GXZ AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HX YY. Wrote the paper: HX MSW GBC GXZ AR. Obtained funding: HX AR.