About the Authors

Yutaka Kondo

ykondo@aichi-cc.jp

Affiliations Division of Molecular Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lanlan Shen

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

Saira Ahmed

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

Yanis Boumber

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

Yoshitaka Sekido

Affiliation Division of Molecular Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan

Bassem R. Haddad

Affiliations Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Jean-Pierre J. Issa

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas at 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: JI YK. Performed the experiments: LS YK SA YB BH. Analyzed the data: JI YK YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JI YK. Wrote the paper: JI YK.