About the Authors

Claudia Brehm

Claudia.Brehm@kgu.de

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Sabine Huenecke

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Andrea Quaiser

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Ruth Esser

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Melanie Bremm

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Stephan Kloess

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Jan Soerensen

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Hermann Kreyenberg

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Christian Seidl

Affiliation Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Red Cross Blood Donor Service, Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Frankfurt, Germany

Petra S. A. Becker

Affiliation Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Red Cross Blood Donor Service, Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Frankfurt, Germany

Heiko Mühl

Affiliation Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Thomas Klingebiel

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Peter Bader

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Jakob R. Passweg

Affiliation Division of Hematology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Dirk Schwabe

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Ulrike Koehl

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Laboratory for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UK. Performed the experiments: CB SH AQ MB. Analyzed the data: CB SH AQ HM RE SK. Wrote the paper: CB UK. Patient enrollment: TK PB JS. Clinical study design: DS JRP UK. Chimerism analysis: HK PB. KIR/HLA genotyping: PSAB CS.