About the Authors

Fabiola Traina

Affiliations Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, INCT do Sangue, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Valeria Visconte

Affiliation Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Anna M. Jankowska

Affiliation Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hideki Makishima

Affiliation Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christine L. O’Keefe

Affiliation Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Paul Elson

Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Yingchun Han

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute and Allergy and Immunology, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Fred H. Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute and Allergy and Immunology, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Mikkael A. Sekeres

Affiliations Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Raghuveer Singh Mali

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University of School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Matt Kalaycio

Affiliation Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Alan E. Lichtin

Affiliation Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Anjali S. Advani

Affiliation Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hien K. Duong

Affiliation Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Edward Copelan

Affiliation Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Reuben Kapur

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University of School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sara T. Olalla Saad

Affiliation Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, INCT do Sangue, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski

Affiliations Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ramon V. Tiu

tiur@ccf.org

Affiliations Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FT AMJ VV JPM RVT. Performed the experiments: FT AMJ VV HM YH FH RSM. Analyzed the data: FT AMJ VV HM CLO PE FH RSM JPM RVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLO PE YH FH MAS MK RSM AEL ASA HKD EC RK STOS JPM RVT. Wrote the paper: FT VV CLO JPM RVT. Clinical data collection: FT FH RVT. Performed SNP-A analysis: CLO. Did all statistical analysis: PE. Participated in manuscript editing and final approval: FT AMJ VV HM CLO PE YH FH MAS MK AEL ASA HKD EC RK STOS JPM RVT.