About the Authors

Marie Austdal

marie.austdal@ntnu.no

Affiliations Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority (RHA) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Ragnhild Bergene Skråstad

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, National Center for Fetal Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Astrid Solberg Gundersen

Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Rigmor Austgulen

Affiliations Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Ann-Charlotte Iversen

Affiliations Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Tone Frost Bathen

Affiliations Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The last author of this paper (TFB) serves as an academic editor for the PLOS ONE journal. 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: MA RBS ASG RA ACI TFB. Performed the experiments: MA TFB. Analyzed the data: MA RBS ASG RA ACI TFB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA RBS ASG RA ACI TFB. Wrote the paper: MA RBS ASG RA ACI TFB.