About the Authors

Giulio Disanto

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Julia M. Morahan

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Melanie V. Lacey

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Gabriele C. DeLuca

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Gavin Giovannoni

Affiliation Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom

George C. Ebers

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sreeram V. Ramagopalan

s.ramagopalan@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GD SVR. Performed the experiments: GD. Analyzed the data: GD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD JMM. Wrote the paper: GD. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: JMM MVL GCD GG GE SVR. Study supervision: SVR.