About the Authors

Maria G. Roubelakis

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria G. Roubelakis, Grigorios Tsaknakis

Affiliations Laboratory of Biology, University of Athens, Medical School and Cell and Gene Therapy Laboratory, Centre of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece, Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Stem Cell Research Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Grigorios Tsaknakis

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria G. Roubelakis, Grigorios Tsaknakis

Current address: Institute of Molecular Oncology, ‘BSRC Alexander Fleming’, Athens, Greece

Affiliation Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Stem Cell Research Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kalliopi I. Pappa

Affiliation First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Nicholas P. Anagnou

Affiliation Laboratory of Biology, University of Athens, Medical School and Cell and Gene Therapy Laboratory, Centre of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece

Suzanne M. Watt

suzanne.watt@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Affiliation Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Stem Cell Research Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Sample provision and manuscript review: KIP NPA. Financial and administrative direction/management: SMW. Conceived and designed the experiments: MGR GT SMW. Performed the experiments: MGR GT. Analyzed the data: MGR GT SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMW MGR. Wrote the paper: MGR GT SMW.