About the Authors
- Utz Krug
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Anja Koschmieder
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Daniela Schwammbach
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Joachim Gerss
-
Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Nicola Tidow
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Björn Steffen
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Gesine Bug
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Christian H. Brandts
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Markus Schaich
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Technics, Dresden, Germany
- Christoph Röllig
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Technics, Dresden, Germany
- Christian Thiede
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Technics, Dresden, Germany
- Richard Noppeney
-
Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany
- Matthias Stelljes
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Thomas Büchner
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Steffen Koschmieder
-
¶Current address: Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Ulrich Dührsen
-
Affiliation Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany
- Hubert Serve
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Gerhard Ehninger
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Technics, Dresden, Germany
- Wolfgang E. Berdel
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
- Carsten Müller-Tidow
-
* E-mail: muellerc@uni-muenster.de
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany
Competing Interests
UK, SK and CMT received payment for lectures from Celgene Inc. UK, CMT and WEB received travel expenses from Celgene Inc. and from Amgen Inc. Azacitidine is a product of Celgene Inc. There are no further patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: UK CMT. Performed the experiments: DS NT CT TB. Analyzed the data: UK AK JG CMT. Wrote the paper: UK CMT. Contributed patients and data: AK BS GB CHB M. Schaich CR RN M. Stelljes SK UD HS GE WEB.