About the Authors

Xiaoyang Ling

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Erika Spaeth

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ye Chen

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yuexi Shi

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Weiguo Zhang

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wendy Schober

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Numsen Hail Jr

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Marina Konopleva

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael Andreeff

mandreef@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL MA. Performed the experiments: XL ES YS YC WS WZ. Analyzed the data: XL MK MA. Wrote the paper: XL MA NH.