About the Authors

Yao Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yao Liu, Xing-hua Chen

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xing-hua Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Yao Liu, Xing-hua Chen

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Ying-jian Si

Affiliations Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, BaYi Children's Hospital, The Military General Hospital of Beijing, Beijing, China

Zhong-jun Li

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Lei Gao

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Li Gao

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Cheng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xi Zhang

zhangxxi@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ. Performed the experiments: X-hC XZ. Analyzed the data: YL Y-jS Z-jL Lei Gao Li Gao. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Lei Gao. Wrote the paper: CZ.