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

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.