About the Authors

Leandro Cerchietti

wilhelm.woessmann@paediat.med.uni-giessen.de (WW); lec2010@med.cornell.edu (LC)

Affiliations Hematology and Oncology Division, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Pharmacology Department, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Christine Damm-Welk

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Inga Vater

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Wolfram Klapper

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Lana Harder

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Christiane Pott

Affiliation 2nd Medicine Department, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Shao Ning Yang

Affiliations Hematology and Oncology Division, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Pharmacology Department, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Alfred Reiter

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Reiner Siebert

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Ari Melnick

Affiliations Hematology and Oncology Division, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Pharmacology Department, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Willi Woessmann

wilhelm.woessmann@paediat.med.uni-giessen.de (WW); lec2010@med.cornell.edu (LC)

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC CD-W AM WW. Performed the experiments: LC CD-W IV WK LH SNY CP. Analyzed the data: LC CD-W IV WK LH WW AM CP. Wrote the paper: LC AM IV RS WW. Provided patient care: AR.