About the Authors

Natacha Turck

natacha.turck@unige.ch

Affiliation Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Xavier Robin

Affiliations Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Medical University Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

Nadia Walter

Affiliation Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Catherine Fouda

Affiliation Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Alexandre Hainard

Affiliation Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Roman Sztajzel

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Ghislaine Wagner

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Denis F. Hochstrasser

Affiliation Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Joan Montaner

Affiliation Neurovascular Research Laboratory, VHIR & Stroke Unit, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Catalonia, Spain

Pierre R. Burkhard

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Jean-Charles Sanchez

Affiliation Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

Neither financial interest nor conflicts of interest are related to this work. Nevertheless, this Swiss study was funded by Proteome Sciences plc. UNIGE has granted to Proteome Sciences the exclusive (worldwide) license to a patent protecting GSTP and NDKA as brain damage markers. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NT XR AH PRB JCS. Performed the experiments: NW CF GW. Analyzed the data: NT XR AH PRB RS JCS JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DFH RS PRB JCS JM. Wrote the paper: NT XR PRB RS JM DFH JCS.