About the Authors

Shujie Yang

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Xue Xiao

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Xiangbing Meng

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Kimberly K. Leslie

kimberly-leslie@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY XM KKL. Performed the experiments: SY XX. Analyzed the data: SY XX XM KKL. Wrote the paper: SY KKL.