About the Authors

Courtney D. Fitzhugh

Affiliations Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, NHLBI/NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew M. Hsieh

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, NHLBI/NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Darlene Allen

Affiliation Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wynona A. Coles

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, NHLBI/NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Cassie Seamon

Affiliation Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Ring

Affiliation Office of the Clinical Director, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Xiongce Zhao

Affiliation Intramural Research, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Caterina P. Minniti

Affiliation Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Griffin P. Rodgers

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, NHLBI/NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alan N. Schechter

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John F. Tisdale

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, NHLBI/NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James G. Taylor VI

jamesta@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF MR XZ JGT. Performed the experiments: CF MH DA WC CS MR XZ CM GR AS JFT JGT. Analyzed the data: CF XZ MR JGT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF XZ MR JGT. Wrote the paper: CF MH DA WC CS MR XZ CM GR AS JFT JGT.