About the Authors

Johannes Fredebohm

J.Fredebohm@dkfz-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Functional Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Michael Boettcher

Affiliation Functional Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Christian Eisen

Affiliation Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Matthias M. Gaida

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Anette Heller

Affiliation European Pancreas Center, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Shereen Keleg

Affiliation European Pancreas Center, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Jörg Tost

Affiliation Institut de Génomique, Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France

Karin M. Greulich-Bode

Affiliation Genetics of Skin Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Agnes Hotz-Wagenblatt

Affiliation Functional Proteome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Mark Lathrop

Affiliation Institut de Génomique, Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France

Nathalia A. Giese

Affiliation European Pancreas Center, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Jörg D. Hoheisel

Affiliation Functional Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

Jörg Hoheisel and Jörg Tost serve as editors for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials..

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF JDH MB KMG-B JT AH. Performed the experiments: JF MB KMG-B JT AH CE. Analyzed the data: JF MMG SK ML AH-W NAG AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH-W NAG AH CE. Wrote the paper: JF JDH.