About the Authors

Marcos R.H. Estécio

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vazganush Gharibyan

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lanlan Shen

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ashraf E.K. Ibrahim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ketan Doshi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Rong He

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jaroslav Jelinek

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Allen S. Yang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Pearlly S. Yan

Affiliation Human Cancer Genetics Program, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tim H-M. Huang

Affiliation Human Cancer Genetics Program, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Eloiza H. Tajara

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Jean-Pierre J. Issa

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jissa@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, 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: ME JI. Performed the experiments: PY ME VG LS KD RH JJ AY AI. Analyzed the data: PY ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH LS AY ET JI. Wrote the paper: ME JI.