About the Authors

Maria Nilsson

maria.k.nilsson@umu.se

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

Christina Hägglöf

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

Peter Hammarsten

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

Elin Thysell

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

Pär Stattin

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Lars Egevad

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Torvald Granfors

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

Emma Jernberg

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

Pernilla Wikstrom

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

Sofia Halin Bergström

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

Anders Bergh

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHB AB. Performed the experiments: CH MN ET EJ. Analyzed the data: MN CH SHB AB PH ET PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN PH PS LE TG. Wrote the paper: MN PH SHB AB.