supported by the fund from Ministry of Education of China(20070023087);973 project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2011CB964800);National Natural Science Foundation of China(30900557);Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology(09JCYBJC09700)
grateful to Cheng Zhan, Lanlan Gu (National Institute of Biological Sciences, China), and Jinhong Wang (Institute of Hematology, CAMS, China) for their assistance regarding two-photon microscopy and flow cytometric analysis. The work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2011 CB964801, 2009CB521803, 2010DFB30270, 2008AA022311, 2008AA1011005 and 2010CB944900) and research funds from the Tianjin Science and Technology Commission (07JCZDJC10600 and 09ZCZDSF03800). T.C. was a recipient of the Yangzi River Scholarship from the Ministry of Education of China (2007-JGT-08), the Outstanding Young Scholar Award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; 30825017), and the Scholar Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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