About the Authors

Haneen Nur

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Immunology, Myeloma Center Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine

Karel Fostier

Affiliation Department of Clinical Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Sandrine Aspeslagh

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Wim Renmans

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Elisabeth Bertrand

Affiliation Service des maladies du sang, Hôpital Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France

Xavier Leleu

Affiliation Service des maladies du sang, Hôpital Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France

Mérédis Favreau

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Immunology, Myeloma Center Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Karine Breckpot

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Rik Schots

Affiliation Department of Clinical Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Marc De Waele

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Els Van Valckenborgh

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Immunology, Myeloma Center Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Elke De Bruyne

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Immunology, Myeloma Center Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Thierry Facon

Affiliation Service des maladies du sang, Hôpital Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France

Dirk Elewaut

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Karin Vanderkerken

Contributed equally to this work with: Karin Vanderkerken, Eline Menu

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Immunology, Myeloma Center Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Eline Menu

Contributed equally to this work with: Karin Vanderkerken, Eline Menu

Eline.Menu@vub.ac.be

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Immunology, Myeloma Center Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HN EM SA DE KV KB EVV EDB. Performed the experiments: HN MF. Analyzed the data: HN EM KF WR EB XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF WR EB XL MDW RS TF. Wrote the paper: SA DE HN EM KV KB EVV EDB.