About the Authors

Janna Sand-Dejmek

jannasd@gmail.com

Affiliations Experimental Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Roy Ehrnström

Affiliation Clinical Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Pontus Berglund

Affiliation Experimental Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Tommy Andersson

Affiliation Experimental Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Lisa Ryden

Affiliation Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

JSD and TA are shareholders of WntResearch AB. TA is part-time CSO of WntResearch AB. WntResearch AB owns two patents on the use of Foxy-5 peptide as an anti-metastatic compound. WntResearch AB is about to initiate a phase I study with the Foxy-5 peptide. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSD TA LR. Performed the experiments: JSD RE PB. Analyzed the data: JSD RE LR TA PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA LR. Wrote the paper: JSD TA LR.