About the Authors

Milda Vysniauskaite

Contributed equally to this work with: Milda Vysniauskaite, Hans-Jörg Hertfelder, Gerhard J. Molderings

Affiliation Institute of Exp. Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Hans-Jörg Hertfelder

Contributed equally to this work with: Milda Vysniauskaite, Hans-Jörg Hertfelder, Gerhard J. Molderings

Affiliation Institute of Exp. Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Johannes Oldenburg

Affiliation Institute of Exp. Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Peter Dreßen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, St. Franziskus Hospital, Eitorf, Germany

Stefan Brettner

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Hematology and Palliative Care, County Hospital, Waldbröl, Germany

Jürgen Homann

Affiliation Community Hospital St. Elisabeth, Bonn, Germany

Gerhard J. Molderings

Contributed equally to this work with: Milda Vysniauskaite, Hans-Jörg Hertfelder, Gerhard J. Molderings

molderings@uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJM HJH. Performed the experiments: MV HJH. Analyzed the data: GJM MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JO PD SB JH. Wrote the paper: GJM MV HJH JO PD SB JH.