About the Authors

Suzanne C. Simmons

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Edward A. McKenzie

Affiliation Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, Manchester, Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Lynda K. Harris

Affiliation Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

John D. Aplin

Affiliation Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Paul E. Brenchley

Affiliation Renal Research Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Maria N. Velasco-Garcia

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sotiris Missailidis

s.missailidis@open.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM EM. Performed the experiments: SCS EM LKH MV-G. Analyzed the data: SCS SM EM LKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM PB JDA LKH. Wrote the paper: SCS SM EM.