About the Authors
- Myungjin Kim
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Current address: Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Surgery and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Tiffany I. Long
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Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Surgery and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Kazuko Arakawa
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Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Surgery and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Renwei Wang
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Affiliation Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Mimi C. Yu
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Affiliation Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Peter W. Laird
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* E-mail: plaird@usc.edu
Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Surgery and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Peter W. Laird is a consultant, scientific advisory board member, and shareholder of Epigenomics, A.G., which is developing DNA methylation assays for clinical use. However, the work described in the current manuscript was performed without any support or involvement from Epigenomics. All other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MK MY PWL. Performed the experiments: MK TL. Analyzed the data: MK KA RW MY PWL. Wrote the paper: MK PWL.