About the Authors

Xinchun Zhou

xzhou@umc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Jinghe Mao

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi, United States of America

Junmei Ai

Affiliation Department of Computer Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Youping Deng

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Mary R. Roth

Affiliation Kansas Lipidomics Research Center, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Charles Pound

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Jeffrey Henegar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Ruth Welti

Affiliation Kansas Lipidomics Research Center, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Steven A. Bigler

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ. Performed the experiments: XZ JM MRR. Analyzed the data: XZ JA YD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ JM SAB. Wrote the paper: XZ RW CP JH SAB.