About the Authors

Young Joo Jeon

Contributed equally to this work with: Young Joo Jeon, Yulin Zhou, Yihan Li

Affiliations TheragenEtex Bio Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Genome Care, Seoul, South Korea

Yulin Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Young Joo Jeon, Yulin Zhou, Yihan Li

Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Xiamen Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Yihan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Young Joo Jeon, Yulin Zhou, Yihan Li

Affiliation Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Qiwei Guo

Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Xiamen Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Jinchun Chen

Affiliation Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Shengmao Quan

Affiliation Xiamen Vangenes BioTech, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Ahong Zhang

Affiliation Xiamen Vangenes BioTech, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Hailing Zheng

Affiliation Xiamen Vangenes BioTech, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Xingqiang Zhu

Affiliation Xiamen Vangenes BioTech, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Jin Lin

Affiliation Xiamen Vangenes BioTech, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Huan Xu

Affiliation Xiamen Vangenes BioTech, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Ayang Wu

Affiliation Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

Sin-Gi Park

Affiliations TheragenEtex Bio Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Genome Care, Seoul, South Korea

Byung Chul Kim

Affiliations Clinomics, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, Personal Genomics Institute, Genome Research Foundation, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Hee Jae Joo

Affiliations TheragenEtex Bio Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Genome Care, Seoul, South Korea

Hongliang Chen

hongliangchen@gmail.com (HC); jongbhak@genomics.org (JB)

Affiliation Xiamen Vangenes BioTech, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Jong Bhak

hongliangchen@gmail.com (HC); jongbhak@genomics.org (JB)

Affiliations TheragenEtex Bio Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea, Genome Care, Seoul, South Korea, Personal Genomics Institute, Genome Research Foundation, Suwon, Republic of Korea, BioMedical Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: co-authors Young Joo Jeon, Sin-Gi Park, Hee Jae Joo, and Jong Bhak are employed by TheragenEtex Bio Institute. Co-authors Young Joo Jeon, Sin-Gi Park, Hee Jae Joo, and Jong Bhak are employed by Genome Care. Co-authors Shengmao Quan, Ahong Zhang, Hailing Zheng, Xingqiang Zhu, Jin Lin, Huan Xu, and Hongliang Chen are employed by Xiamen Vangenes BioTech. Co-author Byung Chul Kim is employed by Clinomics. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJJ YZ YL HC JB. Performed the experiments: SQ AZ HZ XZ JL HX. Analyzed the data: YJJ SGP JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ YL QG JC AW BCK HJJ HC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YJJ YZ YL HC JB.