About the Authors
- Shu Q. Liu
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* E-mail: sliu@northwestern.edu
Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Derek Roberts
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Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Brian Zhang
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Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Yupeng Ren
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Affiliation Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Li-Qun Zhang
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Affiliation Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Yu H. Wu
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Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
A United States patent application (patent application number (13/462,965))covering TFF3-mediated neuroprotection has been submitted through Northwestern University. The patent application does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SQL LQZ. Performed the experiments: SQL DR YR YHW. Analyzed the data: SQL DR BZ YHW. Wrote the manuscript: SQL.