About the Authors

Jo Ishizawa

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kensuke Kojima

Affiliations Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Teresa McQueen

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vivian Ruvolo

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dhruv Chachad

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Graciela M. Nogueras-Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xuelin Huang

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

William E. Pierceall

Affiliation Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

E. J. Dettman

Affiliation Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael H. Cardone

Affiliation Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sharon Shacham

Affiliation Karyopharm Therapeutics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Marina Konopleva

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael Andreeff

mandreef@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

WEP, EJD and MHC are employees of Eutropics; SS and MK are employees of Karyopharm. MA has research support from Karyopharm and is a member of the SAB of Eutropics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JI VR WEP MHC KK MA. Performed the experiments: JI DC WEP. Analyzed the data: JI VR WEP MHC GMN-G XH KK MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WEP MHC SS VR TM. Wrote the paper: JI WEP MK MHC EJD MA.