About the Authors
- Hao Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hao Chen, Jianying Li
Affiliation Cancer Research Program, JLC-BBRI, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jianying Li
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hao Chen, Jianying Li
Affiliation Frontier Bioinformatics Solution, LLC, Cary, North Carolina, United States of America
- Haiyan Li
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Affiliation Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Yuhui Hu
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Affiliation Cancer Research Program, JLC-BBRI, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Whitney Tevebaugh
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Affiliation Cancer Research Program, JLC-BBRI, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Masayuki Yamamoto
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Jianwen Que
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* E-mail: jianwen_que@urmc.rochester.edu (JQ); lchen@nccu.edu (XC)
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Xiaoxin Chen
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* E-mail: jianwen_que@urmc.rochester.edu (JQ); lchen@nccu.edu (XC)
Affiliations Cancer Research Program, JLC-BBRI, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center of Esophageal Disease and Swallowing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The co-author Jianying Li is employed by a commercial company (Frontieer Bioinformatics Solution, LLC, Cary, NC). 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: XC JQ. Performed the experiments: HC HL YH WT. Analyzed the data: JL HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY. Wrote the paper: HC JL JQ XC.