About the Authors

Kathleen A. Pennington

Contributed equally to this work with: Kathleen A. Pennington, Francisco I. Ramirez-Perez

Current address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Francisco I. Ramirez-Perez

Contributed equally to this work with: Kathleen A. Pennington, Francisco I. Ramirez-Perez

Affiliations Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Kelly E. Pollock

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Omonseigho O. Talton

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Christopher A. Foote

Affiliation Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Constantino C. Reyes-Aldasoro

Affiliation School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University London, London, United Kingdom

Ho-Hsiang Wu

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Tieming Ji

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Luis A. Martinez-Lemus

martinezlemusl@missouri.edu (LAM); schulzl@missouri.edu (LCS)

Affiliations Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Laura C. Schulz

martinezlemusl@missouri.edu (LAM); schulzl@missouri.edu (LCS)

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAM LCS. Performed the experiments: KAP FIR KEP OOT CAF. Analyzed the data: KAP FIR CAF CCR HW TJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCR TJ LAM LCS. Wrote the paper: KAP FIR KEP OOT CAF CCR HW TJ LAM LCS.