About the Authors

Yvonne J. K. Edwards

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Gary W. Beecham

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

William K. Scott

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Sawsan Khuri

Affiliation Center for Computational Science, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Guney Bademci

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Demet Tekin

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Eden R. Martin

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Zhijie Jiang

Affiliation Center for Computational Science, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Deborah C. Mash

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jarlath ffrench-Mullen

Affiliation Gene Logic, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Margaret A. Pericak-Vance

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Nicholas Tsinoremas

Affiliation Center for Computational Science, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jeffery M. Vance

jvance@med.miami.edu

Affiliation John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YE WS MPV NT JV. Performed the experiments: YE SK ZJ Jf-M. Analyzed the data: YE SK G. Beecham G. Bademci DT EM WS ZJ NT JV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM EM BS YE JV. Wrote the paper: YE BS JV G. Beecham G. Bademci. Principal investigator: JV.