About the Authors

Panagiotis A. Konstantinopoulos

Contributed equally to this work with: Panagiotis A. Konstantinopoulos, Elena Fountzilas

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elena Fountzilas

Contributed equally to this work with: Panagiotis A. Konstantinopoulos, Elena Fountzilas

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Goldsmith

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Manoj Bhasin

Affiliation Genomics Center and Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kamana Pillay

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nancy Francoeur

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Towia A. Libermann

Affiliation Genomics Center and Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark C. Gebhardt

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dimitrios Spentzos

dspentzo@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Genomics Center and Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAK JG TAL MCG DS. Performed the experiments: EF KP. Analyzed the data: PAK EF JG MB KP NF TAL MCG DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAK EF MB NF TAL MCG DS. Wrote the paper: PAK DS.