About the Authors

Xiaomin Zheng

Affiliations Department of Hematology, Laboratory for Tumor Stem Cell Biology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Claudia Oancea

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Laboratory for Tumor Stem Cell Biology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Reinhard Henschler

Affiliation Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Malcolm A. S. Moore

Affiliation Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Martin Ruthardt

ruthardt@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Laboratory for Tumor Stem Cell Biology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR. Performed the experiments: XZ CO. Analyzed the data: XZ CO RH MAM MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH. Wrote the paper: MR.