About the Authors

Sijia Huang

Affiliations Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Cameron Yee

Affiliation Neurobiology Program of Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Travers Ching

Affiliations Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Herbert Yu

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Lana X. Garmire

lgarmire@cc.hawaii.edu

Affiliations Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LXG. Performed the experiments: SH CY. Analyzed the data: SH CY LXG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC HY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SH LXG.