About the Authors

Xianlin Han

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Steve Rozen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

Stephen H. Boyle

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Caroline Hellegers

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Hua Cheng

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

James R. Burke

Affiliation Bryan Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Bryan Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

P. Murali Doraiswamy

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Institute of Brain Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Rima Kaddurah-Daouk

kaddu001@mc.duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

RKD has patents in this field and has received funding from pharmaceutical companies for metabolomic studies. PMD has received research grants (through Duke) and consulting honoraria from several companies in this field. He owns stock in Sonexa. JRB has been advisor to GSK, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Accera. He is a consultant to Trans Tech and High Point Pharmaceuticals. 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: XH JB KWB PMD RKD. Performed the experiments: CH. Analyzed the data: SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH. Wrote the paper: XH SR SB JB KWB PMD RKD. Participated in lipidomics profiling: HC.