Acknowledgments
The authors thank Drs Niki Stavroyianni and Michalis Iskas from the Hematology Department and HCT Unit of G. Papanicolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, for providing blood samples from patients diagnosed with CLL.
Author contributions
MK, SL, KS participated in research design, MK, SL, KS participated in the writing of the paper, MK, SL, KK participated in the performance of the research, MK, SL participated in data analysis.
Disclosure statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.