About the Authors

Susanna A. Curtis

Contributed equally to this work with: Susanna A. Curtis, Hillel W. Cohen, Henny H. Billett

susanna.curtis@yale.edu

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Neeraja Danda

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Zipora Etzion

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Hillel W. Cohen

Contributed equally to this work with: Susanna A. Curtis, Hillel W. Cohen, Henny H. Billett

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Henny H. Billett

Contributed equally to this work with: Susanna A. Curtis, Hillel W. Cohen, Henny H. Billett

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAC HHB. Performed the experiments: SAC HHB ND ZE. Analyzed the data: SAC HHB HWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAC HHB HWC. Wrote the paper: SAC HHB HWC.