Contributors
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date Collection: 2014
Publication date
(Electronic):
29
April
2014
Volume: 9
Issue: 4
Electronic Location Identifier: e96178
Affiliations
[1
]Research Center of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
[2
]Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
[3
]Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
[4
]USC Epigenome Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
[5
]Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
[6
]Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
[7
]Department of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
[8
]Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
[9
]NCCC Bioinformatics Core and Division of Hematology, Keck School of Medicine, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
CEA - Institut de Genomique, France
Author notes
Competing Interests: Daniel J. Weisenberger is a consultant for Zymo Research, which distributes commercially
available products for DNA methylation-based experiments. This work was not sponsored
by Zymo Research, nor does Zymo Research have an interest in the results of this research.
Mark S. Shiroishi is a consultant for Bayer Pharma AG. This work is not sponsored
by Bayer nor does Bayer have an interest in the results of this research, which does
not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
The authors confirm that co-author Kai Wang is an editor of PLOS ONE journal. However,
this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Conceived and designed the experiments: KW GZ. Performed the experiments: CL MP LS
DC MSS. Analyzed the data: CL VP DJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools:
CL DC MSS. Wrote the paper: CL KW GZ DJW.
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-13-46388
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096178
PMC ID: 4004564
PubMed ID: 24781529
SO-VID: 132cf7cc-e285-4aba-adb2-d7d430134939
Copyright statement:
Copyright @
2014
License:
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 5
November
2013
Date
accepted
: 4
April
2014
Funding
The current research was supported by the National Center for Research Resources and
the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute of Health
(NIH), through Grant Award Number KL2RR031991. The content is solely the responsibility
of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of NIH. Author
Gabriel Zada is a KL2 trainee through Southern California Clinical and Translational
Science Institute at University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. The
funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish,
or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Endocrine System
Subject:
Pituitary Gland
Subject:
Genetics
Subject:
Cancer Genetics
Subject:
Epigenetics
Subject:
Genetics of Disease
Subject:
Human Genetics
Subject:
Molecular Genetics
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Endocrine Physiology
Subject:
Population Biology
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Endocrinology
Subject:
Epidemiology
Subject:
Cancer Epidemiology
Subject:
Genetic Epidemiology
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancers and Neoplasms
Subject:
Endocrine Tumors
Subject:
Pituitary Adenomas