About the Authors

Sherif A. Ibrahim

Contributed equally to this work with: Sherif A. Ibrahim, Hebatallah Hassan

Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Hebatallah Hassan

Contributed equally to this work with: Sherif A. Ibrahim, Hebatallah Hassan

Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Laura Vilardo

Affiliation ITB-CNR, Segrate Milan, Italy

Sampath Katakam Kumar

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Archana Vijaya Kumar

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Reinhard Kelsch

Affiliation Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Immunology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Cornelia Schneider

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Ludwig Kiesel

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Hans Theodor Eich

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy – Radiooncology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Ileana Zucchi

Affiliation ITB-CNR, Segrate Milan, Italy

Rolland Reinbold

Affiliation ITB-CNR, Segrate Milan, Italy

Burkhard Greve

greveb@uni-muenster.de (BG); mgotte@uni-muenster.de (MG)

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy – Radiooncology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Martin Götte

greveb@uni-muenster.de (BG); mgotte@uni-muenster.de (MG)

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG MG. Performed the experiments: SAI HH LV BG SKK RK CS RR AVK. Analyzed the data: BG MG SKK RK RR IZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LK HTE. Wrote the manuscript: BG MG.