About the Authors

Liang Wang

wang.liang@mayo.edu

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Ann L. Oberg

Affiliation Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yan W. Asmann

Affiliation Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Hugues Sicotte

Affiliation Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Shannon K. McDonnell

Affiliation Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Shaun M. Riska

Affiliation Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Wanguo Liu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Clifford J. Steer

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Subbaya Subramanian

Affiliation Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Julie M. Cunningham

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

James R. Cerhan

Affiliation Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Stephen N. Thibodeau

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW JC ST. Performed the experiments: LW JMC. Analyzed the data: LW ALO YWA HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW SKM SMR ST. Wrote the paper: LW WL CJS SS JC ST.