About the Authors

Shan Deng

Contributed equally to this work with: Shan Deng, Xiaojun Yang

Affiliations Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xiaojun Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shan Deng, Xiaojun Yang

Affiliations Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of General Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China

Heini Lassus

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Shun Liang

Affiliation Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sippy Kaur

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Qunrui Ye

Affiliation Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chunsheng Li

Affiliation Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Li-Ping Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Katherine F. Roby

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Sandra Orsulic

Affiliation Women's Cancer Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Denise C. Connolly

Affiliation Women's Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Youcheng Zhang

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China

Kathleen Montone

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ralf Bützow

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

George Coukos

Affiliations Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lin Zhang

linzhang@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliations Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC LZ. Performed the experiments: SD XY Sl QY CL LPW. Analyzed the data: SD XY HL LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK KR SO DC YZ KM RB. Wrote the paper: LZ.