About the Authors
- Myoung Sook Kim
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Joost Louwagie
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Affiliation OncoMethylome Sciences S.A, CHU Niveau +4Tour 4 dePharmacie (bâtiment 36), Liege, Belgium
- Beatriz Carvalho
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Jochim S. Terhaar sive Droste
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Hannah Lui Park
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Young Kwang Chae
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Keishi Yamashita
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Junwei Liu
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Kimberly Laskie Ostrow
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Shizhang Ling
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Rafael Guerrero-Preston
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Semra Demokan
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Zubeyde Yalniz
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Affiliation Oncology institute, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Nejat Dalay
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Affiliation Oncology institute, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Gerrit A. Meijer
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Wim Van Criekinge
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Affiliation OncoMethylome Sciences S.A, CHU Niveau +4Tour 4 dePharmacie (bâtiment 36), Liege, Belgium
- David Sidransky
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* E-mail: dsidrans@jhmi.edu
Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Under a licensing agreement between OncoMethylome Sciences, SA and the Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Sidransky is entitled to a share of royalty received by the University on sales of products described in this article. Dr. Sidransky owns OncoMethylome Sciences, SA stock, which is subject to certain restrictions under University policy. Dr. Sidransky is a paid consultant to OncoMethylome Sciences, SA and is a paid member of the company's Scientific Advisory Board. The term of this arrangement is being managed by the Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MSK WVC DS. Performed the experiments: MSK JL BC JSTsD. Analyzed the data: MSK JL YKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSK KY JL KLO SL RGP SD ZY ND GAM. Wrote the paper: MSK HLP DS.