About the Authors

Xiaohong Li

Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Guy N. Brock

Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Eric C. Rouchka

Affiliation Department of Computer Engineering Computer Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Nigel G. F. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Dongfeng Wu

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Timothy E. O’Toole

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Ryan S. Gill

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Abdallah M. Eteleeb

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Oncology Division, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Liz O’Brien

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Shesh N. Rai

Shesh.Rai@louisville.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: XL GB ER DW LO SR. Data curation: XL AE. Formal analysis: XL. Methodology: XL SR GB. Resources: ER NC. Software: XL. Supervision: GB SR. Validation: XL. Writing – original draft: XL. Writing – review & editing: XL ER GB TO NC RG DW.