About the Authors

Daxing Zhu

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Chen Lossos

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jennifer R. Chapman-Fredricks

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Julie M. Matthews

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Offiong F. Ikpatt

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Phillip Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Izidore S. Lossos

Ilossos@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISL. Performed the experiments: DZ JMM. Analyzed the data: ISL CL DZ JRC-F OFI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISL PR. Wrote the paper: ISL CL JRC-F.