About the Authors

Silvija Cvitic

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Mark S. Longtine

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Hubert Hackl

Affiliation Division of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Karin Wagner

Affiliation Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Michael D. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Gernot Desoye

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Ursula Hiden

ursula.hiden@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC GD UH. Performed the experiments: SC MSL KW. Analyzed the data: SC HH KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDN HH KW. Wrote the paper: SC MDN GD UH.