About the Authors

Christopher L. Plaisier

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Steve Horvath

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Adriana Huertas-Vazquez

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ivette Cruz-Bautista

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Miguel F. Herrera

Affiliation Surgery Division, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Teresa Tusie-Luna

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genomic Medicine Unit, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de la UNAM, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Carlos Aguilar-Salinas

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Päivi Pajukanta

ppajukanta@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLP TTL CAS PP. Performed the experiments: CLP AHV PP. Analyzed the data: CLP PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLP SH AHV ICB MFH TTL CAS PP. Wrote the paper: CLP SH TTL CAS PP.