About the Authors

Yu Hu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Dao-xin Ma

daoxinma@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Ning-ning Shan

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Yuan-yuan Zhu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Xin-guang Liu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Lei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Shuang Yu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Chun-yan Ji

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Ming Hou

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DXM. Performed the experiments: YH YYZ. Analyzed the data: SY LZ NNS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH CYJ. Wrote the paper: YH XGL.