About the Authors
- Yuchun Luo
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Steven Robinson
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Junichi Fujita
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Lisa Siconolfi
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Affiliation Source MDx, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
- Jay Magidson
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Affiliation Statistical Innovations, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Carl K. Edwards
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Karl Wassmann
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Affiliation Source MDx, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
- Kathleen Storm
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Affiliation Source MDx, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
- David A. Norris
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Danute Bankaitis-Davis
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Affiliation Source MDx, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
- William A. Robinson
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Mayumi Fujita
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* E-mail: mayumi.fujita@ucdenver.edu
Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Lisa Siconolfi, Karl Wassmann, Kathleen Storm and Danute Bankaitis-Davis are employees of Source MDx. Source MDx only helped to carry out high-throughput qRT-PCR analysis of whole blood samples. The company was not involved in sample collection and data interpretation, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Jay Magidson is an employee of Statistical Innovations. The company was not involved in sample collection and data interpretation, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Statistical Innovations only helped to carry out a stepwise logit analysis of the high-throughput qRT-PCR data to generate signature models. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YL WAR MF. Performed the experiments: YL SR JF LS KW KS DBD. Analyzed the data: YL SR JF JM MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR CKE DAN WAR. Wrote the paper: YL SR WAR MF.