About the Authors

Lynne Sykes

l.sykes@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Parturition Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England

Yun Lee

Affiliation Parturition Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England

Shirin Khanjani

Affiliation Parturition Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England

David A. MacIntyre

Affiliation Parturition Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England

Xiao J. Yap

Affiliation Parturition Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England

Sathana Ponnampalam

Affiliation Parturition Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England

Tiong Ghee Teoh

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, England

Phillip R. Bennett

Affiliation Parturition Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS YL SK DM XY SP TT PB. Performed the experiments: LS YS SK XY SP. Analyzed the data: LS YL DM SK XY SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS YL SK TGT PB. Wrote the paper: LS YL DM TGT PB.