About the Authors

Ville Härmä

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Knowledge Centre, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Turku, Finland

Johannes Virtanen

Affiliation Biotechnology Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Rami Mäkelä

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Knowledge Centre, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Turku, Finland

Antti Happonen

Affiliation Knowledge Intensive Services, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

John-Patrick Mpindi

Affiliation Biotechnology Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Matias Knuuttila

Affiliation Biotechnology Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Pekka Kohonen

Affiliation Biotechnology Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Jyrki Lötjönen

Affiliation Knowledge Intensive Services, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Olli Kallioniemi

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Matthias Nees

matthias.nees@vtt.fi

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Knowledge Centre, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VVH MN. Performed the experiments: VVH JV RM MK. Analyzed the data: VVH JV AH JPM PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VVH JV RM AH JL OK. Wrote the paper: MN. Scientific supervision and concept: MN. Conceptual and scientific development of the project: VVH. Cell culture: VVH, JV, MK. Microscopy: VVH, JV. Protein biochemistry: VVH, JV, RM, MK. Gene expression analysis: VVH. Bioinformatics: VVH, JPM, PK, JL. Immune stainings: JV. Protein lysate arrays: RM. Wrote software packages, automated image analysis and structural classification: AH. Advanced statistical graphics: JPM. DNA and RNA expression analysis: MK. Gene set enrichment and gene ontology analysis, normalization and evaluation of mRNA microarray data, GEO (gene expression omnibus) submission: PK. Bioinformatics, supervising image processing and software development: JL. Scientific advise and infrastructure: OK.