About the Authors
- Christine W. Duarte
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* E-mail: cduarte@uab.edu
Affiliation Department of Biostatistics (Section on Statistical Genetics), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Christopher D. Willey
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Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Degui Zhi
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics (Section on Statistical Genetics), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Xiangqin Cui
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics (Section on Statistical Genetics), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Jacqueline J. Harris
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics (Section on Statistical Genetics), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Laura Kelly Vaughan
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics (Section on Statistical Genetics), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Tapan Mehta
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics (Section on Statistical Genetics), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Raymond O. McCubrey
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics (Section on Statistical Genetics), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Nikolai N. Khodarev
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Affiliation Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Ralph R. Weichselbaum
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Affiliation Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- G. Yancey Gillespie
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Affiliation Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors wish to inform the editorial staff that RRW and GYG are on the board of Catherex, a gene therapy company. The authors do not think this is a conflict of interest but may be perceived as such. 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: CWD DZ XC GYG. Analyzed the data: JJH TM ROM LKV. Wrote the paper: CWD CDW DZ XC JJH LKV TM ROM NNK RRW GYG. Generated hypothesized gene expression signature: NNK RRW. Provided discussion and feedback: CDW.