About the Authors

Cheng Liu

Cheng.Liu@ki.se

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

Dawei Xu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Hongya Han

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Yidong Fan

Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

Frida Schain

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Zhonghua Xu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

Hans-Erik Claesson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Magnus Björkholm

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Jan Sjöberg

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The study was partially financed by an unconditional support for basic research by Biolipox AB. The company was closed in 2007. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL. Performed the experiments: CL HH FS YF ZX. Analyzed the data: DX HC MB CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FY. Wrote the paper: CL JS.