About the Authors

Claire V. Reeves

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Xing Wang

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Pelisa C. Charles-Horvath

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Joy Y. Vink

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Valeriya Y. Borisenko

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

John A. T. Young

Affiliation Nomis Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jan K. Kitajewski

jkk9@columbia.edu

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, 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: CR XW JK. Performed the experiments: CR XW PCH JV VB. Analyzed the data: CR XW PCH JV JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY. Wrote the paper: CR JK.