About the Authors

Song Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Song Xu, Gaia Cecilia Santini

Affiliations Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R.China, Stem Cell Laboratory-Division Clinical Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium, Department of Hematology and Immunology-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Myeloma Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Gaia Cecilia Santini

Contributed equally to this work with: Song Xu, Gaia Cecilia Santini

Affiliation Stem Cell Laboratory-Division Clinical Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium

Kim De Veirman

Affiliations Stem Cell Laboratory-Division Clinical Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium, Department of Hematology and Immunology-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Myeloma Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Isabelle Vande Broek

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Immunology-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Myeloma Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Xavier Leleu

Affiliation Service d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), Lille, France

Ann De Becker

Affiliation Stem Cell Laboratory-Division Clinical Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium

Ben Van Camp

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Immunology-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Myeloma Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Karin Vanderkerken

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Immunology-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Myeloma Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Ivan Van Riet

ivan.vanriet@uzbrussel.be

Affiliations Stem Cell Laboratory-Division Clinical Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium, Department of Hematology and Immunology-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Myeloma Center Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SX GCS KV IVR. Performed the experiments: SX GCS. Analyzed the data: SX GCS KDV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDV IVB XL ADB BVC KV IVR. Wrote the manuscript: SX GCS.