About the Authors

Ji Li

Affiliation PharmaSeq, Inc., Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, United States of America

Robert W. Veltri

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Zhen Yuan

Affiliation PharmaSeq, Inc., Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, United States of America

Christhunesa S. Christudass

Current address: Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wlodek Mandecki

mandecki@pharmaseq.com

Affiliation PharmaSeq, Inc., Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: JL, ZY and WM are empolyed and own equity in PharmaSeq, Inc. PharmaSeq is a developer of instrumentation for multiplexed assays. JL, RV, ZY, CC and WM are inventors on a pending patent application entitled „High Resolution Assays for Prostate Cancer”(Patent Application Number 61984430) which is related to the topic of this manuscript. The above does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the PLOS ONE guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM RV JL. Performed the experiments: JL ZY CC. Analyzed the data: JL ZY CC RV WM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL RV ZY CC WM. Wrote the paper: JL RV CC WM.