About the Authors

Konstantinos–Dionysios Alysandratos

Contributed equally to this work with: Konstantinos–Dionysios Alysandratos, Shahrzad Asadi

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shahrzad Asadi

Contributed equally to this work with: Konstantinos–Dionysios Alysandratos, Shahrzad Asadi

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pharmacy, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Asimenia Angelidou

Current address: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bodi Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Maternal/Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nikolaos Sismanopoulos

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University, Brighton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

Hailing Yang

Affiliation Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Agatha Critchfield

Affiliation Division of Maternal/Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Theoharis C. Theoharides

theoharis.theoharides@tufts.edu

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDA SA AA BZ NS TCT. Performed the experiments: KDA SA AA BZ NS HY. Analyzed the data: KDA SA AA BZ NS TCT. Wrote the paper: KDA SA AA TCT. Provided the human cord blood without identifiers: AC.