About the Authors

Lucia E. Duinhouwer

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Nesrin Tüysüz

Affiliation Erasmus MC Stem Cell Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Elwin W. J. C. Rombouts

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mariette N. D. ter Borg

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Enrico Mastrobattista

Affiliation Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jan Spanholtz

Affiliation Glycostem, Oss, The Netherlands

Jan J. Cornelissen

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Derk ten Berge

Affiliation Erasmus MC Stem Cell Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Eric Braakman

e.braakman@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Jan Spanholtz is a payed employee of Glycostem (‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands). The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter out adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD ER MtB EB JC. Performed the experiments: LD ER MtB. Analyzed the data: LD ER NT DtB EB JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT DtB JS EM. Wrote the paper: LD ER MtB NT JS EM EB DtB JC.