About the Authors

Julia Ling-Yu Chen

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Daniel Merl

Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher W. Peterson

Affiliation Huntsman Cancer Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Jianli Wu

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrick Yantyng Liu

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hanwei Yin

Affiliation Huntsman Cancer Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Deborah M. Muoio

Affiliation Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Don E. Ayer

Affiliation Huntsman Cancer Institute, Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Mike West

Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jen-Tsan Chi

chi00002@mc.duke.edu

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLYC JTAC. Performed the experiments: JLYC CWP JW PYL HY. Analyzed the data: JLYC DM DEA MW JTAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM DMM DEA MW JTAC. Wrote the paper: JLYC DEA MW JTAC.