About the Authors

Cristina Bilbao-Sieyro

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Bilbao-Sieyro, Guillermo Santana

Affiliations Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Morfology Department, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Guillermo Santana

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Bilbao-Sieyro, Guillermo Santana

Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Melania Moreno

Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Laura Torres

Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Gonzalo Santana-Lopez

Affiliation Preventive Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Carlos Rodriguez-Medina

Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

María Perera

Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Beatriz Bellosillo

Affiliation Laboratori de Biologia Molecular Servei de Patologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Silvia de la Iglesia

Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Teresa Molero

Affiliations Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Medical Sciences Department, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Maria Teresa Gomez-Casares

mgomcasf@gobiernodecanarias.org

Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGC CBS GS. Performed the experiments: CBS GS MP. Analyzed the data: MGC CBA MM LT GSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB SDI TM CRM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CBS MGC.