About the Authors

Ying Cao

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Cao, Philip J. Lupo

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Philip J. Lupo

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Cao, Philip J. Lupo

Affiliation Section of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael D. Swartz

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Darryl Nousome

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael E. Scheurer

scheurer@bcm.edu

Affiliation Section of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJL MES MDS. Performed the experiments: MES. Analyzed the data: YC MDS PJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC MDS DN MES. Wrote the manuscript: PJL YC MES.