About the Authors

William K. Decker

decker@bcm.edu

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nina Shah

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dongxia Xing

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ruth Lapushin

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sufang Li

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Simon N. Robinson

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hong Yang

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Simrit Parmar

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Matthew M. Halpert

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael J. Keating

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John G. Gribben

Affiliation Institute of Cancer, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London, United Kingdom

Jeffrey J. Molldrem

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Elizabeth J. Shpall

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

William G. Wierda

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WKD JJM WGW. Performed the experiments: WKD RL SL. Analyzed the data: WKD DX SNR HY NS SP MMH MJK JGG JJM EJS WGW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DX JJM EJS WGW. Wrote the paper: WKD NS JGG JJM EJS WGW.