About the Authors

Minna M. Boström

mmbost@utu.fi

Affiliation MediCity Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Heikki Irjala

Affiliations MediCity Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Tuomas Mirtti

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Hospital (HUSLAB) and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Pekka Taimen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Tommi Kauko

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Annika Ålgars

Affiliations MediCity Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Sirpa Jalkanen

Affiliation MediCity Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Peter J. Boström

Affiliation Department of Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMB SJ PJB. Performed the experiments: MMB. Analyzed the data: MMB HI TM PT TK AÅ SJ PJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM PT TK SJ PJB. Wrote the paper: MMB HI TM PT TK AÅ SJ PJB.