About the Authors
- Xuefeng Ren
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Affiliations Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Guangdong Medical Laboratory Animal Center, Foshan, Guangdong, China, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America, NIEHS Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health, and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Jessica C. Graham
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Affiliations Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Lichen Jing
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Andrei M. Mikheev
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Yuan Gao
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Jenny Pan Lew
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Hong Xie
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Andrea S. Kim
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Xiuling Shang
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Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Cynthia Friedman
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Graham Vail
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Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Ming Zhu Fang
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Affiliations NIEHS Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Yana Bromberg
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Helmut Zarbl
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* E-mail: zarbl@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Affiliations Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, NIEHS Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, Washington, United States of America, NIEHS Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health, and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors would also like to disclose that author Helmut Zarbl is the Founding President of Gene Assess, Inc. (www.geneassessinc.com), which is developing diagnostic and prognostic products based on the level of functional FRY protein expressed in cancers. Jessica C. Graham and Helmut Zarbl are co-authors of the patent (pending) licensed by GeneAssess, Inc. (patent application number PCT/US2011/063553). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the other authors have a conflict of interest to declare.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XR JG LJ HZ. Performed the experiments: XR JG LJ AM YG JL HX ASK XS CF GV MF. Analyzed the data: XR JG LJ YB HZ. Wrote the paper: XR JG HZ.