About the Authors

T. Bernard Bigdeli

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Brion S. Maher

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Zhongming Zhao

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Departments of Psychiatry, Biomedical Informatics, and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, United States of America

Edwin J. C. G. van den Oord

Affiliations Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Biomarker Research and Personalized Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Dawn L. Thiselton

Affiliations Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jingchun Sun

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, Biomedical Informatics, and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, United States of America

Bradley T. Webb

Affiliations Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Biomarker Research and Personalized Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Richard L. Amdur

Affiliations Mental Health Service Line, Washington VA Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Brandon Wormley

Affiliations Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Francis A. O'Neill

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom

Dermot Walsh

Affiliation The Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland

Brien P. Riley

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kenneth S. Kendler

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Ayman H. Fanous

ayman.fanous@va.gov

Affiliations Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Mental Health Service Line, Washington VA Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ JS RLA BTW FN DW. Performed the experiments: TBB AHF BSM. Analyzed the data: TBB AHF BSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ JS DLT BPR BW. Wrote the paper: TBB.