About the Authors
- Teemu J. Murtola
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* E-mail: teemu.murtola@uta.fi
Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Heimo Syvälä
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Pasi Pennanen
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Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Merja Bläuer
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery and Tampere Pancreas Laboratory, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Tiina Solakivi
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Timo Ylikomi
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Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Teuvo L. J. Tammela
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Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Competing Interests
TJ Murtola declares the following: stockholder, Orion Pharma; lecturer for Novartis. TLJ Tammela declares the following: paid consultant for Astellas, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Orion Pharma and Amgen. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TJM HS PP MB TY TLJT. Performed the experiments: PP MB. Analyzed the data: TJM HS PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TY TLJT. Wrote the paper: TJM HS PP. Obtained permission to use primary cell lines: TLJT.