About the Authors

Xinxian Deng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Di Kim Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

R. Scott Hansen

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

Daniel L. Van Dyke

Affiliation Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Stanley M. Gartler

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

Christine M. Disteche

cdistech@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XD DKN CMD. Performed the experiments: XD DKN. Analyzed the data: XD DKN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSH DLVD SMG. Wrote the paper: XD CMD. Reviewed the manuscripts and provided discussions: RSH, DLVD, SMG.