About the Authors

Jen C. Wang

jcwang0005@Gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Guanfang Shi

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Stacey Baptiste

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Maryna Yarotska

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Hemant Sindhu

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Ching Wong

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Madhumati Kalavar

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Vladimir Gotlieb

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Andrei Bandarchuk

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Hui Chen

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

JCW received grants from Celgen Corp. The primary author declares no conflicting interests with the commercial funder relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in developments, or marketing products. This does not alter our adherence to the PLOS ONE policy on sharing data and/or materials. The other authors declare no competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JCW GS. Data curation: JCW MK CW. Formal analysis: JCW GS. Funding acquisition: JCW VG. Investigation: JCW MK VG AB HC. Methodology: GS SB MY JCW. Project administration: JCW VG. Resources: JCW VG MK CW. Software: AB HC HS. Supervision: JCW VG. Validation: JCW SB MY. Visualization: GS SB MY VG AB HC. Writing – original draft: JCW HS. Writing – review & editing: JCW HS.