About the Authors

Limor Amit

limor.amit@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tiqwa, Israel and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel–Aviv University, Israel

Irit Ben-Aharon

Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tiqwa, Israel and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel–Aviv University, Israel

Liat Vidal

Affiliation Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tiqwa Israel and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel–Aviv University, Israel

Leonard Leibovici

Affiliation Medicine E Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tiqwa, Israel and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel–Aviv University, Israel

Salomon Stemmer

Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tiqwa, Israel and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel–Aviv University, Israel

Competing Interests

Dr Salomon Stemmer is an academic editor of PLOS. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA IBA LV LL SS. Performed the experiments: LA IBA LV LL SS. Analyzed the data: LA IBA LV LL SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LA IBA LV LL SS. Wrote the paper: LA IBA LV LL SS.