About the Authors

Tom Cattaert

tom.cattaert@ulg.ac.be

Affiliations Montefiore Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Génoprotéomique Appliquée - Research, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Víctor Urrea

Affiliation Department of Systems Biology, University of Vic, Vic, Spain

Adam C. Naj

Affiliation Miami Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Lizzy De Lobel

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Vanessa De Wit

Affiliations Montefiore Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Génoprotéomique Appliquée - Research, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Mao Fu

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jestinah M. Mahachie John

Affiliations Montefiore Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Génoprotéomique Appliquée - Research, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Haiqing Shen

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

M. Luz Calle

Affiliation Department of Systems Biology, University of Vic, Vic, Spain

Marylyn D. Ritchie

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Todd L. Edwards

Affiliation Miami Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Kristel Van Steen

Affiliations Montefiore Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Génoprotéomique Appliquée - Research, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF HS. Performed the experiments: MF HS. Analyzed the data: TC ACN TLE KVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC VU VDW MF JMMJ HS MLC KVS. Wrote the paper: TC ACN JMMJ MLC MDR TLE KVS. Developed the method: TC LDL VDW JMMJ KVS. Designed the simulation study: TC KVS. Performed the simulation study: TC KVS.