About the Authors

Deepika S. Darbari

Affiliations Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, United States of America, Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Zhengyuan Wang

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Minjung Kwak

Affiliation Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mariana Hildesheim

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James Nichols

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Darlene Allen

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Catherine Seamon

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Marlene Peters-Lawrence

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Anna Conrey

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mary K. Hall

Affiliation Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gregory J. Kato

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James G. Taylor VI

jamesta@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGT DD. Performed the experiments: JN DA CS MPL AC M. Hall GJK JGT. Analyzed the data: DD ZW MK M. Hildesheim GJK JGT. Wrote the manuscript: DD JGT.