About the Authors

Paloma Martín

Affiliation Group of Molecular Pathology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro (IDIPHIM), Majadahonda, Spain

Isabel Krsnik

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro (IDIPHIM), Majadahonda, Spain

Belen Navarro

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro (IDIPHIM), Majadahonda, Spain

Mariano Provencio

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro (IDIPHIM), Majadahonda, Spain

Juan F. García

Affiliation Department of Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain

Carmen Bellas

Affiliation Group of Molecular Pathology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro (IDIPHIM), Majadahonda, Spain

Carlos Vilches

‡ These authors are shared senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Group of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro (IDIPHIM), Majadahonda, Spain

Natalia Gomez-Lozano

ngomez@idiphim.org

‡ These authors are shared senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Group of Immunity and lymphoproliferative diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro (IDIPHIM), Majadahonda, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM CV NGL. Performed the experiments: PM NGL. Analyzed the data: PM CV NGL. Wrote the paper: NGL PM IK CV. Principal investigator and takes primary responsibility for the paper: NGL. Provided clinical cases to the study: IK BN MP JFG. Reviewed cHL biopsies: CB. Performed the statistics: NGL CV.