About the Authors

Steven M. Kornblau

skornblau@mdanderson.org

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

Amina Qutub

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hui Yao

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Heather York

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yi Hua Qiu

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

David Graber

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

Farhad Ravandi

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

Jorge Cortes

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

Michael Andreeff

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

Nianxiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kevin R. Coombes

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The 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: SMK AQ. Performed the experiments: SMK YHQ DG H. York AQ. Analyzed the data: SMK H. Yao AQ NZ KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMK. Wrote the manuscript: SMK AQ H. Yao FR MA KC. Contributed to clinical care of the patients and assisted with manuscript preparation: FR JC.