About the Authors

Laurent Vaucher

Affiliations Department of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Michael G. Funaro

Affiliation Department of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Akanksha Mehta

Affiliation Department of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Anna Mielnik

Affiliation Department of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Alexander Bolyakov

Affiliations Department of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Eric R. Prossnitz

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Peter N. Schlegel

Affiliations Department of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Darius A. Paduch

dap2013@med.cornell.edu

Affiliations Department of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAP LV A. Mielnik ERP. Performed the experiments: DAP LV AB. Analyzed the data: LV DAP MGF A. Mehta. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAP A. Mielnik PNS ERP. Wrote the paper: MGF LV.