About the Authors
- Shi-He Liu
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Affiliations Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Donald D. Rao
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Affiliation Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- John Nemunaitis
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Affiliations Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Texas Oncology, P.A., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Neil Senzer
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Affiliations Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Texas Oncology, P.A., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Guisheng Zhou
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Affiliations Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- David Dawson
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Marie-Claude Gingras
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Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Zhaohui Wang
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Affiliation Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Richard Gibbs
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Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Michael Norman
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Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Nancy S. Templeton
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Affiliation Gradalis, Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Francesco J. DeMayo
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Bert O'Malley
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Robbi Sanchez
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- William E. Fisher
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Affiliations Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Elkins Pancreas Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- F. Charles Brunicardi
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* E-mail: cbrunicardi@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliations Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Elkins Pancreas Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
D. Rao, N. Senzer, Z. Wang and N. Templeton are employed by Gradalis, Inc. The following authors are shareholders in Gradalis, Inc.: N. Senzer, F.C. Brunicardi, D. Rao and J. Nemunaitis. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FCB. Performed the experiments: S-HL GZ ZW MN RS. Analyzed the data: S-HL JN M-CG ZW FCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN DR JN DD NT FD WF. Wrote the paper: FCB S-HL DR JM NS RG FD BO WF.