About the Authors

Vladislav Tsiperson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Xiaosong Li

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Gary J. Schwartz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Cedric S. Raine

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Bridget Shafit-Zagardo

bridget.shafit-zagardo@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSZ VT GJS. Performed the experiments: VT BSZ XL. Analyzed the data: VT CSR BSZ. Wrote the paper: VT CSR BSZ.