About the Authors

Bahram Namjou

Bahram.namjou@cchmc.org

Affiliations Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Keith Marsolo

Affiliations University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Todd Lingren

Affiliations University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Marylyn D. Ritchie

Affiliation Center for Systems Genomics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

Shefali S. Verma

Affiliation Center for Systems Genomics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

Beth L. Cobb

Affiliation Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Cassandra Perry

Affiliation Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), Boston, MA, United States of America

Terrie E. Kitchner

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America

Murray H. Brilliant

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America

Peggy L. Peissig

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kenneth M. Borthwick

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, United States of America

Marc S. Williams

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, United States of America

Jane Grafton

Affiliation Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Gail P. Jarvik

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Ingrid A. Holm

Affiliations Division of Genetics and Genomics and The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

John B. Harley

Affiliations Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BN KM. Performed the experiments: BN KM TL MDR SSV. Analyzed the data: BN KM TL MDR SSV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BN JBH IAH GPJ JG MSW KMB PLP MHB TEK CP BLC MDR SSV. Wrote the paper: BN JBH KM BLC MSW GPJ.