Akira Nishimura, MD1*, Kazuaki Yokoyama, MD, PhD2, Chika Yamagishi, MD3*, Toshihiko Imamura, MD, PhD4,5, Takuya Naruto, MD, PhD3*, Tomohiro Morio, MD, PhD3*, Yukie Tanaka, PhD6*, Akinori Kanai, PhD7*, Hirotaka Matsui, MD, PhD8*, Naoko Higuchi, MD9*, Akiko Takada, MD10*, Haruna Okuno, MD11*, Shoji Saito, MD, PhD12, Shuhei Karakawa, MD, PhD13*, Shogo Kobayashi, MD14*, Daisuke Hasegawa, MD, PhD15*, Hiroyuki Fujisaki, MD, PhD16*, Daiichiro Hasegawa, MD, PhD17, Kazutoshi Koike, MD, PhD18*, Takashi Koike, MD19*, Shinya Rai, MD, PhD20*, Katsutsugu Umeda, MD, PhD10*, Hideki Sano, MD14*, Yujin Sekinaka, MD, PhD21, Atsushi Ogawa, MD, PhD22*, Akitoshi Kinoshita, MD, PhD23*, Norio Shiba, MD, PhD24, Mizuka Miki, MD25*, Fumihiko Kimura, MD, PhD26, Hideki Nakayama, MD27*, Yozo Nakazawa, MD, PhD28*, Takashi Taga, MD, PhD5,29*, Tomohiko Taki, MD, PhD5,30, Souichi Adachi, MD, PhD5,31, Atsushi Manabe, MD, PhD5,32, Katsuyoshi Koh, MD5,33*, Yasushi Ishida, MD, PhD5,34*, Arinobu Tojo, MD, PhD35 and Masatoshi Takagi, MD, PhD3,5
1Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, TKY, Japan
2Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
3Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
4Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
5Leukemia/Lymphoma Committee of Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Tokyo, Japan
6Research Core, Institute of Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
7Department of Molecular Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
8Department of Molecular Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
9Department of Pediatrics, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
10Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
11Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
12Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, NAG, Japan
13Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
14Department of Pediatric Oncology, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
15Department of Pediatrics, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, JPN
16Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
17Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
18Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Ibaraki Children’s Hospital, Mito, Japan
19Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
20Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan
21Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, JPN
22Department of Pediatrics, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan
23Department of Pediatrics, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
24Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
25Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
26Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
27Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan
28Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
29Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu, Japan
30Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
31Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
32Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
33Department of Hematology/Oncology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
34Pediatric Medical Center, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan
35Division of Molecular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Japan., Tokyo, Japan