About the Authors

Ileana B. Quintero

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Annakaisa M. Herrala

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

César L. Araujo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Anitta E. Pulkka

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Sampsa Hautaniemi

Affiliation Research Programs Unit, Genome-scale Biology & Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Kristian Ovaska

Affiliation Research Programs Unit, Genome-scale Biology & Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Evgeny Pryazhnikov

Affiliation Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Evgeny Kulesskiy

Affiliation Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Maija K. Ruuth

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Ylermi Soini

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Raija T. Sormunen

Affiliation Biocenter Oulu and Department of Pathology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Leonard Khirug

Affiliation Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Pirkko T. Vihko

pirkko.vihko@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IQ AH AP SH LK PV. Performed the experiments: IQ AH AP EP MR. Analyzed the data: IQ AH CA AP SH KO EP EK YS RS LK PV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK. Wrote the paper: IQ AH CA AP SH KO EP EK LK PV.