About the Authors

Sheng Zhou

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhijun Ma

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Taihe Lu

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Laura Janke

Affiliation Veterinary Pathology Core, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

John T. Gray

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Brian P. Sorrentino

Brian.Sorrentino@stjude.org

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ BS. Performed the experiments: SZ ZM TL LJ JG. Analyzed the data: SZ ZM TL LJ JG BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ JG. Wrote the paper: BS SZ.