About the Authors

Romulo M Brena

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Division of Human Cancer Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Carl Morrison

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sandya Liyanarachchi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Division of Human Cancer Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

David Jarjoura

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ramana V Davuluri

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Division of Human Cancer Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Gregory A Otterson

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

David Reisman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Selina Glaros

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Laura J Rush

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Christoph Plass

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: christoph.plass@osumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Division of Human Cancer Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

RMB, SL, and CP designed the study. RMB, CM, SL, DJ, RVD, and CP analyzed the data. RMB and CM collected data or did experiments for the study. DJ critiqued drafts and performed reanalysis and analysis of new data to address concerns. GAO reviewed the primary data and the clinical data and provided clinical context regarding lung cancer to the OLIG methylation status. DR built two lung cancer tissue microarrays and collected the clinical follow-up data for ∼200 lung cancer cases. LJR contributed to data interpretation. RMB, CM, SL, DJ, RVD, GAO, DR, SG, LJR, and CP contributed to writing the paper.