About the Authors

Karen S. Aboody

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kaboody@coh.org (KSA); mary.danks@stjude.org (MKD)

Affiliation Divisions of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Neurosciences, and Department of Professional Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Rebecca A. Bush

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Elizabeth Garcia

Affiliation Divisions of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Neurosciences, and Department of Professional Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Marianne Z. Metz

Affiliation Divisions of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Neurosciences, and Department of Professional Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Joseph Najbauer

Affiliation Divisions of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Neurosciences, and Department of Professional Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Kristine A. Justus

Affiliation Divisions of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Neurosciences, and Department of Professional Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Doris A. Phelps

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Joanna S. Remack

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Karina Jin Yoon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Shanna Gillespie

Affiliation Divisions of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Neurosciences, and Department of Professional Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Seung U. Kim

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea

Carlotta A. Glackin

Affiliation Divisions of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Neurosciences, and Department of Professional Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Philip M. Potter

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Mary K. Danks

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kaboody@coh.org (KSA); mary.danks@stjude.org (MKD)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA. Analyzed the data: KA. Wrote the paper: MD KA JN KJ. Other: Designed and interpreted in vivo experiments: KA PP MD. Designed, conducted, and interpreted histology and immunohistochemistry: KA JN SG CG. Performed in vitro and in vivo experiments and tissue processing: RB EG MM DP JR KY. Generated and allowed the use of the HB1.F3.C1 cell line: SK. Edited the manuscript: PP. Designed and interpreted molecular experiments: PP MD.