About the Authors

Maher Hanoun

Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Lewin Eisele

Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Masako Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States America

John M. Greally

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States America

Andreas Hüttmann

Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Semra Aydin

Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

René Scholtysik

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology, University of Essen, Duisburg, Germany

Ludger Klein-Hitpass

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology, University of Essen, Duisburg, Germany

Ulrich Dührsen

Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Jan Dürig

jan.duerig@uk-essen.de

Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH LKH JD. Performed the experiments: MH. Analyzed the data: MH LE MS RS LKH JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG AH SA UD. Wrote the paper: MH JD.