About the Authors

Kana Sakamoto

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Hideki Nakasone

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Hidenori Wada

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Ryoko Yamasaki

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Yuko Ishihara

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Koji Kawamura

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Masahiro Ashizawa

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Miki Sato

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Kiriko Terasako-Saito

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Tomohito Machishima

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Shun-Ichi Kimura

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Misato Kikuchi

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Shinichi Kako

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Junya Kanda

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Rie Yamazaki

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Aki Tanihara

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Junji Nishida

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Yoshinobu Kanda

ycanda-tky@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS HN YK. Performed the experiments: KS HN HW R. Yamasaki YI KK MA MS KTS TM S. Kimura MK S. Kako JK R. Yamazaki AT JN YK. Analyzed the data: KS HN YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK. Wrote the manuscript: KS HN YK.