About the Authors

Sandra Varum

Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra Varum, Ana S. Rodrigues

Affiliations Pittsburgh Development Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Ana S. Rodrigues

Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra Varum, Ana S. Rodrigues

Affiliations Pittsburgh Development Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB), Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Michelle B. Moura

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Olga Momcilovic

Affiliation Pittsburgh Development Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Charles A. Easley IV

Affiliation Pittsburgh Development Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

João Ramalho-Santos

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

Bennett Van Houten

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gerald Schatten

schattengp@upmc.edu

Affiliations Pittsburgh Development Center, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, and Cell Biology-Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV ASR JR-S BVH GS. Performed the experiments: SV ASR MBM. Analyzed the data: SV ASR MBM JR-S BVH GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OM CAE. Wrote the paper: SV ASR JR-S BVH GS.