About the Authors

Charles R. Farber

crf2s@virginia.edu

Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Brian J. Bennett

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Luz Orozco

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wei Zou

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ana Lira

Affiliation Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Emrah Kostem

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hyun Min Kang

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicholas Furlotte

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ani Berberyan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anatole Ghazalpour

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jaijam Suwanwela

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Thomas A. Drake

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Eleazar Eskin

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Q. Tian Wang

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Steven L. Teitelbaum

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Aldons J. Lusis

Affiliations Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, 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: CRF BJB LO WZ HMK AG JS TAD EE SLT AJL. Performed the experiments: CRF BJB LO WZ AL AB. Analyzed the data: CRF BJB LO WZ EK HMK NF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QTW SLT. Wrote the paper: CRF AJL.