About the Authors

Damali N. Martin

Affiliations Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center of Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of Preventive Oncology, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Brenda J. Boersma

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center of Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ming Yi

Affiliation Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, NCI-Frederick/SAIC-Frederick Inc, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Mark Reimers

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Tiffany M. Howe

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center of Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Harry G. Yfantis

Affiliation Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yien Che Tsai

Affiliation Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, Center of Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Erica H. Williams

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center of Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dong H. Lee

Affiliation Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert M. Stephens

Affiliation Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, NCI-Frederick/SAIC-Frederick Inc, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Allan M. Weissman

Affiliation Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, Center of Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Stefan Ambs

ambss@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center of Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM BJB MY MR YT RS AW SA. Performed the experiments: DM BJB TH YT EW. Analyzed the data: DM BJB MY MR HGY EW DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW. Wrote the paper: DM SA.