About the Authors

Liesbeth Bieghs

‡ Co-senior author

Affiliations Department of Hematology, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg University, Alborg, Denmark, Department of Hematology and Immunology-Myeloma Center Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Malene Brohus

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Ida B. Kristensen

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Niels Abildgaard

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Martin Bøgsted

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg University, Alborg, Denmark

Hans E. Johnsen

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg University, Alborg, Denmark

Cheryl A. Conover

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

Elke De Bruyne

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

Karin Vanderkerken

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

Michael T. Overgaard

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael T. Overgaard, Mette Nyegaard

mto@bio.aau.dk

‡ Co-senior author

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Mette Nyegaard

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael T. Overgaard, Mette Nyegaard

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB MTO MN. Performed the experiments: LB. Analyzed the data: LB MBr MBø MTO MN CAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IBK NA. Wrote the paper: LB MTO MN. Critically reviewed the manuscript: LB MBr IBK NA MBø HEJ EDB KV MTO MN CAC.