About the Authors

Johannes Keuschnigg

Affiliations MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Turku Doctoral Program of Biomedical Sciences, Turku, Finland

Sirkku Karinen

Affiliation Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology, and Institute of Biomedicine, Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Kaisa Auvinen

Affiliations MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, National Institute of Public Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland

Heikki Irjala

Affiliations MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

John-Patrick Mpindi

Affiliation FIMM, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Olli Kallioniemi

Affiliation FIMM, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Sampsa Hautaniemi

Affiliation Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology, and Institute of Biomedicine, Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Sirpa Jalkanen

Affiliations MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, National Institute of Public Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland

Marko Salmi

marko.salmi@utu.fi

Affiliations MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, National Institute of Public Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK SK KA HI JPM OK SH SJ MS. Performed the experiments: JK SK KA. Analyzed the data: JK SK JPM SH SJ MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HI. Wrote the manuscript: JK. Edited the manuscript: SK SH SJ MS.