About the Authors

Karolina A. Aberg

kaaberg@vcu.edu

Affiliation Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Linying Xie

Affiliation Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Robin F. Chan

Affiliation Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Min Zhao

Affiliation Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Ashutosh K. Pandey

Affiliation Center for Integrative and Translational Genomics and Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States of America

Gaurav Kumar

Affiliation Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Shaunna L. Clark

Affiliation Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Edwin J. C. G. van den Oord

Affiliation Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The MethylCap kit was provided by Diagenode free of charge. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have no further commitment or connections to Diagenode. The authors have no further competing interests to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAA EJCGvdO. Performed the experiments: KAA LX RFC MZ. Analyzed the data: KAA EJCGvdO SLC GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKP SLC. Wrote the paper: KAA EJCGvdO. Contributed critical reviews of the manuscript during its preparation and approved submission of the final manuscript: KAA EJCGvdO AKP SLC GK LX RFC MZ.