About the Authors

Ramkumar Menon

Ram.menon@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Istvan Boldogh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Rheanna Urrabaz-Garza

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jossimara Polettini

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tariq Ali Syed

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

George R. Saade

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

John Papaconstantinou

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Robert N. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM IB J. Papaconstantinou RNT. Performed the experiments: RM RUG TAS J. Polettini. Analyzed the data: RM IB J. Papaconstantinou RNT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM IB GRS. Wrote the paper: RM IB J. Papaconstantinou RNT.