About the Authors

Nahid Turan

Affiliation Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sunita Katari

Affiliation Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Leigh F. Gerson

Affiliation Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Raffi Chalian

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael W. Foster

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John P. Gaughan

Affiliation Biostatistics Consulting Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christos Coutifaris

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carmen Sapienza

sapienza@temple.edu

Affiliations Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NT SK RC CC CS. Performed the experiments: NT SK LFG. Analyzed the data: NT SK JPG CC CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT SK RC MWF JPG. Wrote the paper: NT SK CC CS.