About the Authors

Yichang Chen

Affiliation Molecular Toxicology Inter-departmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Le Shu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Zhiqun Qiu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Dong Yeon Lee

Affiliation Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sara J. Settle

Affiliation Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shane Que Hee

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Donatello Telesca

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xia Yang

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Patrick Allard

pallard@ucla.edu

Affiliations Molecular Toxicology Inter-departmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC XY SQH PA. Performed the experiments: YC DYL ZQ SJS LS PA. Analyzed the data: YC LS DT XY PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS SQH XY. Wrote the paper: YC LS SQH XY PA.