About the Authors

Alboukadel Kassambara

Affiliations U1040, INSERM, Montpellier, France, Department of Biological Hematology, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Thierry Rème

Affiliations U1040, INSERM, Montpellier, France, Department of Biological Hematology, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Michel Jourdan

Affiliation U1040, INSERM, Montpellier, France

Thierry Fest

Affiliation U917, INSERM, Rennes, France

Dirk Hose

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen, Heidelberg, Germany

Karin Tarte

Affiliation U917, INSERM, Rennes, France

Bernard Klein

bernard.klein@inserm.fr

Affiliations U1040, INSERM, Montpellier, France, Department of Biological Hematology, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, UFR Médecine, Université MONTPELLIER 1, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK BK. Performed the experiments: AK MJ TF DH KT. Analyzed the data: TR. Wrote the paper: AK BK MJ TF KT.