About the Authors

Anchit Khanna

Affiliations Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Tampere Graduate Program in Biomedicine and Biotechnology (TGPBB), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Juha Okkeri

Affiliation Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Turker Bilgen

Affiliations Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Timo Tiirikka

Affiliation Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Mauno Vihinen

Affiliation Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Tapio Visakorpi

Affiliation Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Jukka Westermarck

jukwes@utu.fi

Affiliations Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, Department of Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK JO TB TT MV TV JW. Performed the experiments: AK JO TB. Analyzed the data: AK JO TB TV JW. Wrote the paper: AK JO JW.