About the Authors

Marie Petitbarat

Affiliation INSERM, U782, Implantation et Dialogue Materno-Fœtal, University Paris-Sud, UMR-S0782, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France

Mona Rahmati

Affiliation INSERM, U782, Implantation et Dialogue Materno-Fœtal, University Paris-Sud, UMR-S0782, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France

Valérie Sérazin

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine and Molecular Biology, EA 2493, CHI Poissy/St Germain en Laye, University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Poissy, France

Sylvie Dubanchet

Affiliation INSERM, U782, Implantation et Dialogue Materno-Fœtal, University Paris-Sud, UMR-S0782, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France

Corinne Morvan

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine and Molecular Biology, EA 2493, CHI Poissy/St Germain en Laye, University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Poissy, France

Robert Wainer

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine and Molecular Biology, EA 2493, CHI Poissy/St Germain en Laye, University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Poissy, France

Philippe de Mazancourt

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine and Molecular Biology, EA 2493, CHI Poissy/St Germain en Laye, University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Poissy, France

Gérard Chaouat

Affiliation INSERM, U782, Implantation et Dialogue Materno-Fœtal, University Paris-Sud, UMR-S0782, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France

Jean-Michel Foidart

Affiliation Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Carine Munaut

Affiliation Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Nathalie Lédée

nathalie-ledee@orange.fr

Affiliation INSERM, U782, Implantation et Dialogue Materno-Fœtal, University Paris-Sud, UMR-S0782, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP VS RW PdM GC JMF C. Munaut NL. Performed the experiments: MP MR SD C. Morvan C. Munaut. Analyzed the data: MP MR VS GC C. Munaut NL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP SD C. Munaut. Wrote the paper: MP.