About the Authors

Luiz F. Zerbini

luiz.zerbini@uct.ac.za

Affiliations Medical Biochemistry Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rodrigo E. Tamura

Affiliation Medical Biochemistry Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Ricardo G. Correa

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Akos Czibere

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Jason Cordeiro

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Manoj Bhasin

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fernando M. Simabuco

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yihong Wang

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xuesong Gu

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Linglin Li

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Devanand Sarkar

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jin-Rong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul B. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Towia A. Libermann

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LFZ RET AC JZ DS PBF TAL. Performed the experiments: LFZ RET RGC AC JC MB FMS YW XG LL JZ. Analyzed the data: LFZ RET RGC AC JC MB FMS YW XG LL JZ DS PBF TAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RGC DS PBF. Wrote the paper: LFZ RET DS PBF TAL.