About the Authors

Geqiang Li

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Zhengqi Wang

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kristy L. Miskimen

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Yi Zhang

Current address: Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

William Tse

Current address: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kevin D. Bunting

kdb10@case.edu

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL WT KDB. Performed the experiments: GL ZW KM YZ. Analyzed the data: GL ZW KM YZ KDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WT. Wrote the paper: GL WT KDB.