About the Authors

Kwang H. Choi

kwang.choi@usuhs.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thien Le

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer McGuire

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer Coyner

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Brandon W. Higgs

Affiliation Elashoff Consulting, Redwood City, California, United States of America

Suad Diglisic

Affiliation Stanley Medical Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Luke R. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David M. Benedek

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert J. Ursano

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. BH, from Elashoff Consulting, provided microarray data analysis consulting service at the initial stage of the study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KC TL DB RU. Performed the experiments: TL JM JC SD. Analyzed the data: KC TL BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJ. Wrote the paper: KC TL JM BH RU.