About the Authors

Jannie Marie Sand

jsa@nordicbioscience.com

Affiliation Fibrosis Biology and Biomarkers, Nordic, Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark

Lise Larsen

Affiliation Fibrosis Biology and Biomarkers, Nordic, Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark

Cory Hogaboam

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Fernando Martinez

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

MeiLan Han

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Martin Røssel Larsen

Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Arkadiusz Nawrocki

Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Qinlong Zheng

Affiliation Nordic Bioscience Beijing, Beijing, China

Morten Asser Karsdal

Affiliation Fibrosis Biology and Biomarkers, Nordic, Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark

Diana Julie Leeming

Affiliation Fibrosis Biology and Biomarkers, Nordic, Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Jannie Marie Sand, Lise Larsen, Morten Asser Karsdal, and Diana Julie Leeming are full-time employees at Nordic Bioscience. Morten Asser Karsdal is a stockholder of Nordic Bioscience. Patents are pending for technologies discussed in this manuscript (US patent application no. 12/749652). This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMS MAK DJL. Performed the experiments: JMS LL AN. Analyzed the data: JMS AN MAK DJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH FM MH MRL QZ. Wrote the manuscript: JMS MAK DJL.