About the Authors

Erika L. Spaeth

Contributed equally to this work with: Erika L. Spaeth, Jennifer L. Dembinski

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jennifer L. Dembinski

Contributed equally to this work with: Erika L. Spaeth, Jennifer L. Dembinski

Current address: Norwegian Centre for Stem Cell Research, Institute of Microbiology, Rikshospitalet, Forskningsparken, Gaustadalléen, Oslo, Norway

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

A. Kate Sasser

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University and Center for Childhood Cancer, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Keri Watson

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ann Klopp

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Brett Hall

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University and Center for Childhood Cancer, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Michael Andreeff

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Frank Marini

fmarini@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FM. Performed the experiments: ELS JLD KS KW BH. Analyzed the data: ELS JLD FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA. Wrote the paper: ELS JLD AK FM.