About the Authors

Sonja Koopal

Affiliation Genome-Scale Biology Program and Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Johanna H Furuhjelm

Affiliation Genome-Scale Biology Program and Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Annika Järviluoma

Affiliation Genome-Scale Biology Program and Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Sari Jäämaa

Affiliation Molecular Cancer Biology Program, Haartman Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Pawan Pyakurel

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Oncology, Karolinska Institute/Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Christel Pussinen

Affiliation Genome-Scale Biology Program and Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Maria Wirzenius

Affiliation Molecular Cancer Biology Program, Haartman Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Peter Biberfeld

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Oncology, Karolinska Institute/Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Kari Alitalo

Affiliation Molecular Cancer Biology Program, Haartman Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Marikki Laiho

Affiliation Molecular Cancer Biology Program, Haartman Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Päivi M Ojala

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Paivi.Ojala@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Genome-Scale Biology Program and Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ML and PMO conceived and designed the experiments. SK, JHF, AJ, SJ, PP, CP, and PB performed the experiments. SK, JHF, AJ, SJ, PP, PB, KA, ML, and PMO analyzed the data. CP, MW, KA, and PMO contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. SK, KA, ML, and PMO wrote the paper.