About the Authors

Annika Lundqvist

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Mikael Sandstedt

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Joakim Sandstedt

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Ruth Wickelgren

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Göran I. Hansson

Affiliation Translational Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Anders Jeppsson

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg, Sweden and Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lillemor Mattsson Hultén

Lillemor.Mattsson@wlab.gu.se

Affiliations Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

Göran I. Hansson was employed by the company Astra Zeneca R&D; he is now retired. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL JS AJ LMH. Performed the experiments: AL MS RW GIH LMH. Analyzed the data: AL MS RW GIH LMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL JS GIH AJ LMH. Wrote the paper: AL MS JS RW GIH AJ LMH.