About the Authors

Juho-Antti Mäkelä

juho.makela@monash.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Paediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

Jorma Toppari

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Paediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Adolfo Rivero-Müller

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Sami Ventelä

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAM JT ARM SV. Performed the experiments: JAM ARM SV. Analyzed the data: JAM JT SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAM JT ARM SV. Wrote the paper: JAM JT ARM SV.