About the Authors

Ana Paula Sousa

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Human Reproduction Service, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Alexandra Amaral

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Marta Baptista

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Renata Tavares

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Pedro Caballero Campo

Affiliation Human Reproduction Unit, Tambre Clinic and Tambre Foundation, Madrid, Spain

Pedro Caballero Peregrín

Affiliation Human Reproduction Unit, Tambre Clinic and Tambre Foundation, Madrid, Spain

Albertina Freitas

Affiliation Histocompatibility Centre of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Artur Paiva

Affiliation Histocompatibility Centre of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Teresa Almeida-Santos

Affiliations Human Reproduction Service, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra

João Ramalho-Santos

jramalho@ci.uc.pt

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRS APS AA. Performed the experiments: APS AA MB RT PCC AF. Analyzed the data: APS AA MB RT AF JRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCC PCP AP TAS. Wrote the paper: JRS APS AA.