About the Authors

Wenning Zheng

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tze King Tan

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ian C. Paterson

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oral Cancer Research and Coordinating Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Naresh V. R. Mutha

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cheuk Chuen Siow

Affiliation Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shi Yang Tan

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lesley A. Old

Affiliation Center for Oral Health Research, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Nicholas S. Jakubovics

lchoo@um.edu.my (SWC); nick.jakubovics@ncl.ac.uk (NSJ)

Affiliations Center for Oral Health Research, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Genome Solutions Sdn Bhd, Suite 8, Innovation Incubator UM, Level 5, Research Management & Innovation Complex, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Siew Woh Choo

lchoo@um.edu.my (SWC); nick.jakubovics@ncl.ac.uk (NSJ)

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. All the authors have substantially contributed to the manuscript and have approved the final submission. There is no real or perceived conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWC NSJ ICP. Performed the experiments: WZ LAO. Analyzed the data: WZ SWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWC NSJ WZ TKT ICP LAO NVRM CCS SYT. Wrote the paper: WZ TKT SWC ICP NSJ.