About the Authors

Hee-Don Chae

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jamie E. Siefring

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David A. Hildeman

Affiliation Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yi Gu

Current address: Innovation Center China, AstraZeneca, Shanghai, China

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David A. Williams

DAWilliams@childrens.harvard.edu

Current address: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HDC. Performed the experiments: HDC JES. Wrote the paper: HDC. Advised on experimental design: DW DAH YG. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: DW DAH YG. Reviewed data: DAH YG.