About the Authors

Pia Laitinen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, RNatives Oy, Kuopio, Finland

Mari-Anna Väänänen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization

Affiliation A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Ida-Liisa Kolari

Roles Investigation

Affiliation A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Petri I. Mäkinen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Minna U. Kaikkonen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Marc S. Weinberg

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Wits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, School of Pathology, University of the Witwaterstrand, Witwaterstrand, South Africa

Kevin V. Morris

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Center for Gene Therapy, City of Hope–Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Medical Science Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia

Paula Korhonen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Tarja Malm

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Seppo Ylä-Herttuala

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Heart Center and Gene Therapy Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Thomas C. Roberts

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mikko P. Turunen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

mikko.turunen@uef.fi

‡ MPT and TAT are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, RNatives Oy, Kuopio, Finland

Tiia A. Turunen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

‡ MPT and TAT are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, RNatives Oy, Kuopio, Finland

Competing Interests

RNatives Inc has filed patent related miR-466c described in this manuscript. The funder [RNatives Oy] provided support in the form of salaries for authors [PL, TAT, MPT] and research materials, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.