About the Authors

Qian Yu

Contributed equally to this work with: Qian Yu, Xiao-hui Shen

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Xiao-hui Shen

Contributed equally to this work with: Qian Yu, Xiao-hui Shen

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Ying Li

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Rui-juan Li

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Ji Li

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Yun-ya Luo

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Su-fang Liu

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Ming-yang Deng

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Min-fei Pei

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Guang-sen Zhang

zgsllzy@163.com

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Institution of molecular hematology, The Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GSZ. Performed the experiments: XHS YL QY JL MYD YYL RJL SFL. Analyzed the data: GSZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GSZ MFP. Wrote the paper: GSZ.