About the Authors

Peyman Björklund

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Endocrine Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Jessica Svedlund

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Endocrine Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Anna-Karin Olsson

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden

Göran Åkerström

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Endocrine Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Gunnar Westin

gunnar.westin@surgsci.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Endocrine Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

A patent is filled (USA) for “LRP5 and LRP6 receptors in cancer treatment”, number WO2005048913 (PB, GÅ, GW). The authors declare that they have no other competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB GW. Performed the experiments: PB JS AKO. Analyzed the data: PB JS GÅ GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKO. Wrote the paper: GW.