About the Authors

Meenu Jain

Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lisa Zhang

Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Myriem Boufraqech

Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yi Liu-Chittenden

Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kimberly Bussey

Affiliation Translational Genomic Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Michael J. Demeure

Affiliation Translational Genomic Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Xiaolin Wu

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Technology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Ling Su

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Technology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Karel Pacak

Affiliation Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Constantine A. Stratakis

Affiliation Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Electron Kebebew

kebebewe@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Some of the co-authors are employed by a commercial company -SAIC Frederick INC, there is no conflict of interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ LZ EK. Performed the experiments: MJ LZ MB YLC XW LS. Analyzed the data: MJ LZ XW LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ LZ MB KB MJD YLC XW LS. Wrote the paper: MJ LZ MB YLC XW LS KP CAS EK.