About the Authors

Kaiyu Lei

Affiliations Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, London, United Kingdom

Li Chen

Affiliations Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Third Military Medical University Southwest Hospital, Chongqing, P. R. China

Ektoras X. Georgiou

Affiliation Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Suren R. Sooranna

Affiliations Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, London, United Kingdom

Shirin Khanjani

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, London, United Kingdom

Jan J. Brosens

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, London, United Kingdom

Phillip R. Bennett

Affiliation Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, London, United Kingdom

Mark R. Johnson

mark.johnson@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliations Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ PB JB KL. Performed the experiments: KL LC EG SK SS. Analyzed the data: MJ KL. Wrote the paper: KL MJ JB PB.