About the Authors

Sina Saari

Affiliations Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Mika Hilvo

Affiliations Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland

Peiwen Pan

Affiliations Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Gerolf Gros

Affiliation Zentrum Physiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Nina Hanke

Affiliation Zentrum Physiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Abdul Waheed

Affiliation Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

William S. Sly

Affiliation Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Seppo Parkkila

seppo.parkkila@uta.fi

Affiliations Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MH PP GG NH AW WS SP. Performed the experiments: SS MH PP GG NH. Analyzed the data: SS SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS MH PP GG NH AW WS SP. Wrote the paper: SS MH PP GG NH AW WS SP.