About the Authors

Radha Duttagupta

Affiliation Applied Reasearch Group, Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Sharon DiRienzo

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rong Jiang

Affiliation Applied Reasearch Group, Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Jessica Bowers

Affiliation Research and Development, Genisphere LLC, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeremy Gollub

Affiliation Applied Reasearch Group, Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Jessica Kao

Affiliation Applied Reasearch Group, Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Keith Kearney

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David Rudolph

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Noor B. Dawany

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael K. Showe

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tom Stamato

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert C. Getts

Affiliation Research and Development, Genisphere LLC, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Keith W. Jones

Keith_Jones@affymetrix.com

Affiliation Applied Reasearch Group, Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors RD, RJ, JG, JK and KWJ are employees of Affymetrix. Inc. RCG and JB are employees of Genisphere, LLC. TS, SD, KK and DR are employees of LIMR. ND and MKS are employees of The Wistar Institute. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD TS RCG KWJ. Performed the experiments: RD JB SD. Analyzed the data: RD RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCG JG TS KK DR. Wrote the paper: RD KWJ. Analysis review: ND MKS. Technical guidance: JK. Intellectual guidance: RCG KWJ.