Article Information
- Received June 16, 2011
- Revision received July 5, 2011
- Accepted July 12, 2011
- First published October 12, 2011.
- Version of record published October 12, 2011.
Author Information
- Xin Wang1,2,
- Ana Sirianni1,2,
- Zhijuan Pei1,2,
- Kerry Cormier4,5,
- Karen Smith4,5,
- Jiying Jiang1,2,
- Shuanhu Zhou3,
- Hui Wang1,2,
- Rong Zhao1,2,
- Hiroko Yano1,2,6,
- Jeong Eun Kim1,2,
- Wei Li1,2,
- Bruce S. Kristal2,
- Robert J. Ferrante4,5, and
- Robert M. Friedlander6
- 1Neuroapoptosis Laboratory and
- 2Departments of Neurosurgery and
- 3Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,
- 4Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730,
- 5Departments of Neurology, Pathology, and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, and
- 6Neuroapoptosis Laboratory, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Author contributions
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Author contributions: X.W., R.J.F., and R.M.F. designed research; X.W., A.S., Z.P., K.C., K.S., J.J., S.Z., H.W., R.Z., H.Y., J.E.K., W.L., and B.S.K. performed research; X.W., R.J.F., and R.M.F. analyzed data; X.W., B.S.K., R.J.F., and R.M.F. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received June 16, 2011.
- Revision received July 5, 2011.
- Accepted July 12, 2011.
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This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R.M.F., X.W., R.J.F.), the Muscular Dystrophy Association (X.W.), the Huntington's Disease Society of America (R.M.F.,) and the Veterans Administration (R.J.F.). We thank Dr. Ethan M. Shimony and Dr. Diane Carlisle for editorial assistance, Dr. Irina Stavrovskaya, Jennifer Moody, and Diane Sheldon for experimental assistance, and Dr. Ahmad Aziz for insightful discussion.
- Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Dr. Robert M. Friedlander, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital Suite 449, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, friedlanderr{at}upmc.edu; or Dr. Xin Wang, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston, MA 02115, xwang{at}rics.bwh.harvard.edu
