About the Authors

Christina Hägglöf

christina.hagglof@medbio.umu.se

Affiliation Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Peter Hammarsten

Affiliation Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Kerstin Strömvall

Affiliation Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Lars Egevad

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Andreas Josefsson

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Pär Stattin

Affiliation Departments of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Torvald Granfors

Affiliation Department of Urology, Västerås Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden

Anders Bergh

Affiliation Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB CH PH. Performed the experiments: CH KS PH. Analyzed the data: AB CH PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LE AJ PS TG AB PH. Wrote the paper: CH AB PH.