About the Authors

Manu Vatish

Affiliation Division of Reproduction, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Lydia Tesfa

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Dimitris Grammatopoulos

Affiliation Division of Reproduction, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Eijiro Yamada

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Claire C. Bastie

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Metabolic and Vascular Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Jeffrey E. Pessin

jeffrey.pessin@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MV DG EY CCB JEP. Performed the experiments: MV DG LT EY CCB. Analyzed the data: MV LT CCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV DG LT EY CCB JEP. Wrote the paper: MV CCB JEP.