About the Authors

Shuqian Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Sumitra Miriyala

Affiliation Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Mignon A. Keaton

Affiliation Metabolon, Inc, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Craig T. Jordan

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Hematologic Malignancies, and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Christina Wiedl

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America,

Daret K. St. Clair

Affiliation Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Moscow

jmoscow@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the authors of this paper, Mignon A. Keaton, was employed by Metabolon, Inc. during the data acquisition and analysis phases of the study. Dr. Keaton is no longer employed by Metabolon. Her employment history does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAK CTJ DKS JAM. Performed the experiments: SL SM MAK CTJ CW. Analyzed the data: MAK DKS JAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM MAK CTJ CW DKS JAM. Wrote the paper: MAK CTJ JAM.