About the Authors

Suhn Kyong Rhie

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Norris Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Simon G. Coetzee

Current address: Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Norris Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Houtan Noushmehr

Current address: Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Norris Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Chunli Yan

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Norris Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jae Mun Kim

Affiliation Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Christopher A. Haiman

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Norris Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Gerhard A. Coetzee

coetzee@usc.edu

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Norris Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKR CAH HN GAC. Performed the experiments: SKR SGC CY JMK. Analyzed the data: SKR SGC CY JMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKR SGC CY JMK. Wrote the paper: SKR GAC. Revised the manuscript and approved the final version: SKR SGC HN CY JMK CAH GAC.