About the Authors

Jun Hayakawa

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch (MCHB), National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kareem Washington

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch (MCHB), National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Naoya Uchida

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch (MCHB), National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Oswald Phang

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch (MCHB), National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Elizabeth M. Kang

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch (MCHB), National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew M. Hsieh

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch (MCHB), National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John F. Tisdale

johntis@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch (MCHB), National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH KW NU EK JFT. Performed the experiments: JH OP. Analyzed the data: JH KW NU OP MMH JFT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH KW NU EK JFT. Wrote the paper: JH MMH JFT.