About the Authors

Wei Liu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Timothy M. Shaver

Affiliations Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alfred Balasa

Affiliation Pediatrics, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

M. Cecilia Ljungberg

Affiliations Pediatrics-Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xiaoling Wang

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Shu Wen

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hoang Nguyen

Affiliations Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ignatia B. Van den Veyver

iveyver@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL IBVdV HN. Performed the experiments: WL TMS AB MCL XW SW. Analyzed the data: WL TMS AB HN IBVdV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCL HN. Wrote the paper: WL IBVdV HN.