About the Authors

Tohru Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Thomas M. Kollmeyer

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Bruce W. Morlan

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

S. Keith Anderson

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Eric J. Bergstralh

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Brian J. Davis

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yan W. Asmann

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

George G. Klee

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Karla V. Ballman

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Robert B. Jenkins

rjenkins@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJ TK TN EB BD GK KB. Performed the experiments: TK TN. Analyzed the data: YA RJ TK TN BM SA EB KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YA RJ TK BM SA EB KB. Wrote the paper: RJ TN KB.