About the Authors

Dwi Setyowati Karolina

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Arunmozhiarasi Armugam

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Subramaniam Tavintharan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Michael T. K. Wong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Su Chi Lim

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Chee Fang Sum

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Kandiah Jeyaseelan

bchjeya@nus.edu.sg

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJ. Performed the experiments: DSK AA. Analyzed the data: DSK AA KJ ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJ ST MTKW SCL CFS. Wrote the paper: DSK KJ AA. Clinical collaborators who conducted the health screening and provided blood samples for the study: ST MTKW SCL CFS. Principal investigator for the project: KJ.