About the Authors

Zeynep Sena Agim

Affiliation Neurodegeneration Research Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

Melda Esendal

Affiliation Fred A. Litwin Centre for Cancer Genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Laurent Briollais

Affiliation Prosserman Centre for Health Research, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ozgun Uyan

Affiliation Neurodegeneration Research Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehran Meschian

Affiliation Fred A. Litwin Centre for Cancer Genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Luis Antonio Mendoza Martinez

Affiliation Fred A. Litwin Centre for Cancer Genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yongmei Ding

Affiliation Fred A. Litwin Centre for Cancer Genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A. Nazli Basak

Affiliation Neurodegeneration Research Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

Hilmi Ozcelik

ozcelik@lunenfeld.ca

Affiliation Fred A. Litwin Centre for Cancer Genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZSA ANB HO . Performed the experiments: ZSA. Analyzed the data: ZSA ME LB OU MM LAMM YD. Wrote the paper: ZSA ANB HO. Revised the manuscript: ME.