About the Authors

Kevin S. Kolahi

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Annemarie Donjacour

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Xiaowei Liu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Wingka Lin

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rhodel K. Simbulan

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Enrrico Bloise

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Emin Maltepe

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Paolo Rinaudo

rinaudop@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR KK AD EM. Performed the experiments: KK AD XL WL EB RS. Analyzed the data: KK AD PR EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK AD XL WL RS EB EM PR. Wrote the paper: KK AD PR EM.