About the Authors

Guohua Wang

Affiliations Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Division of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Yadong Wang

Affiliation School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Changyu Shen

Affiliations Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Yi-wen Huang

Affiliations Division of Human Cancer Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kun Huang

Affiliations Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tim H. M. Huang

Affiliations Division of Human Cancer Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kenneth P. Nephew

Affiliations Medical Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America, Departments of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Lang Li

Affiliations Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Yunlong Liu

yunliu@iupui.edu

Affiliations Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Center for Medical Genomics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW YW LL YL. Performed the experiments: GW YwH YL. Analyzed the data: GW YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GW CS YwH KH THH KN YL. Wrote the paper: GW YL.