Malwina Suszynska, PhD^1*, Daniel Pedziwiatr, MSc^1*, Magdalena J Kucia, PhD¹, Mariusz Z Ratajczak, MD, PhD² and Janina Ratajczak, MD, PhD³

¹Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
²Medicine, Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
³Stem Cell Institute at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Ahmed Abdelbaset-Ismail, PhD^1*, Malwina Suszynska, PhD^1*, Sylwia Julita Borkowska, PhD^2*, Mateusz Adamiak, MS^1*, Janina Ratajczak, MD, PhD¹ and Mariusz Z Ratajczak, MD, PhD¹

¹Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
²Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Dorian Forte, Ph.D. Student^1*, Valentina Salvestrini, Ph.D.^2*, Lucia Catani, Ph.D.^1*, Roberto M Lemoli, Professor³, Michele Cavo^4* and Antonio Curti, MD, PhD^4*

¹Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
²Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
³Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
⁴Institute of Hematology, Bologna, Italy

Shabnam Arsiwala, MD, Wei Ding, MD PhD^* and Hong-Gang Wang, PhD^*

Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

Athanasia Kalyva, PhD^1*, Charalampos Pontikoglou, MD, PhD^1,2*, Christina Kalpadakis, MD, PhD^1*, Athina Trakaki^1,3*, Nikitas Zorzos^1*, Maria Velegraki, MD, PhD^1*, Grigorios Panteloglou^1*, Kallliopi Alpantaki, MD, PhD^4*, Gerasimos A. Pangalis, MD, PhD^5* and Helen A Papadaki, MD, PhD^1,2

¹Department of Hematology, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
²Hemopoiesis Research Laboratory, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
³Graduate Program Molecular Basis of Human Disease, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
⁴Department of Orthopedics, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
⁵Department of Hematology, Iatriko Athinon, Psychikon Branch, Athens, Greece

Hirohito Minami^1*, Kohshi Ohishi, MD, PhD², Masahiro Masuya, MD, PhD¹ and Naoyuki Katayama, MD, PhD¹

¹Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
²Blood Transfusion Service, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Monika Dolinska^1*, Johannis Klang^1*, Pingnan Xiao, MD^1*, Andranik Durgaryan^1*, Lakshmi Sandhow^1*, Anne-Sofie Johansson^1*, Makoto Kondo^1*, Stefan Deneberg, M.D., Ph.D.^2*, Johanna Ungerstedt, Associate Professor^3*, Katarina Le Blanc, M.D., Ph.D.⁴, Leif Stenke, MD, PhD⁵, Marja Ekblom^6*, Ulla Stromberg, MD PhD^7*, Satu Mustjoki, MD, PhD⁸, Soren Lehmann, MD, PhD¹ and Hong Qian, PhD^1*

¹Department of Medicine, Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
²Center of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
³Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, and Hematology Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
⁴Laboraroty Medicine/Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
⁵Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
⁶Department of Hematology and Vascular Disorders, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
⁷Dept of Hematology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
⁸Hematology Research Unit Helsinki (HRUH), Department of Hematology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland

Dina Bashir AbuSamra, MScs

Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Renata Giardini Rosa, PhD^1*, Juares E. Romero Bianco, PhD^2*, Gabriela Pereira dos Santos^2*, Stephen D. Waldman, Ph.D., P.Eng.^3*, Joanna Weber, PhD candidate^3*, Paulo P. Joazeiro, PhD^4* and Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad, PhD, MD²

¹Hematology and Hemotherapy Center-University of Campinas/Hemocentro-Unicamp, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Sangue, Campinas, Brazil
²Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Sangue, Unicamp - University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
³Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering/ Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada/Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada., Toronto, ON, Canada
⁴Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology – Biology institute, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Jingzhu Zhang, BS¹ and Daniel C. Link, MD²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Stem Cell Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
²Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

Willy A Noort, PhD^1*, Regina de Jong-Korlaar^1*, Linda Lubbers-Aalders^1*, Huipin Yuan, PhD^2*, Joost D de Bruijn, PhD^2*, Constantine S Mitsiades, MD, PhD³, Anton CM Martens, PhD^1* and Richard WJ Groen, PhD^1*

¹Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
²Xpand Biotechnology BV, Bilthoven, Netherlands
³Dept. of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Venkata Lokesh Battula, PhD¹, Phuong M Le^1*, Jeffrey Sun, B.S.^1*, Hong Mu, MD, PhD^1*, Teresa Mc.Queen, M.S.^1*, Elizabeth J Shpall, MD², Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD¹, Carlos E. Bueso-Ramos, MD³, Melvyn Harrington, MD^4*, Catherine W Palisch, MD^4* and Michael Andreeff, MD, PhD¹

¹Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Leukemia Department, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
³Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
⁴Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX