About the Authors

Giuseppe Visani

Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Visani, Maria Rosaria Sapienza

Affiliation Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Center, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy

Maria Rosaria Sapienza

Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Visani, Maria Rosaria Sapienza

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Alessandro Isidori

Affiliation Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Center, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy

Claudio Tripodo

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Maria Antonella Laginestra

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Simona Righi

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Carlo A. Sagramoso Sacchetti

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Anna Gazzola

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Claudia Mannu

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Maura Rossi

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Michele De Nictolis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy

Massimo Valentini

Affiliation Clinical Pathology Laboratory, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy

Meris Donati

Affiliation Clinical Pathology Laboratory, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy

Roberto Emiliani

Affiliation Clinical Pathology Laboratory, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy

Francesco Alesiani

Affiliation Oncohematology, Bartolomeo Eustachio Hospital, San Severino Marche, Italy

Stefania Paolini

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Carlo Finelli

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Stefano A. Pileri

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Pier Paolo Piccaluga

pierpaolo.piccaluga@unibo.it

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Hematology and Oncology “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, Hematopathology and Hematology Sections, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRS GV PPP. Performed the experiments: MRS. Analyzed the data: MRS PPP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GV MRS PPP AI CT MAL SR CASS AG CM MR MDN MV MD RE FA SP CF SAP. Wrote the paper: PPP MRS.