About the Authors

Charlotte H. E. Weimar

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease (NIDOD), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Annemieke Kavelaars

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease (NIDOD), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jan J. Brosens

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom

Birgit Gellersen

Affiliation Endokrinologikum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Johanna M. T. de Vreeden-Elbertse

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Cobi J. Heijnen

c.heijnen@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease (NIDOD), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Nick S. Macklon

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Birgit Gellersen is employed by Endokrinologikum Hamburg. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: CHEW AK JJB CJH NSM. Performed the experiments: CHEW JMTdV-E. Analyzed the data: CHEW AK CJH NSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHEW AK JMTdV-E CJH. Wrote the paper: CHEW AK BG CJH NSM.