About the Authors

Jackalina M. Van Kampen

jvankampen@neurodyn.ca

Affiliations Neurodyn Inc., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

David Baranowski

Affiliation Neurodyn Inc., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Denis G. Kay

Affiliations Neurodyn Inc., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors are/were employees of Neurodyn Inc. which holds a patent on ND-602 as a potential therapy for eurodegenerative diseases. Patent name: Treating neurodegenerative diseases with progranulin and number: US 20100324127 A1. Patent: Method for increasing neprilysin expression and activity, number WO 2012/065248 A1. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: JMVK. Performed the experiments: JMVK DB. Analyzed the data: JMVK DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGK. Wrote the paper: JMVK.