About the Authors

Lars Brodowski

Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Brodowski, Jennifer Burlakov

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Jennifer Burlakov

Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Brodowski, Jennifer Burlakov

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ashley C. Myerski

Affiliation Magee- Womens Research Institute and Foundation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Constantin S. von Kaisenberg

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Magdalena Grundmann

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Carl A. Hubel

chubel@mwri.magee.edu (CAH); vonVersen-Höynck.Frauke@mh-hannover.de (FVV)

Affiliation Magee- Womens Research Institute and Foundation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Frauke von Versen-Höynck

chubel@mwri.magee.edu (CAH); vonVersen-Höynck.Frauke@mh-hannover.de (FVV)

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB JB MG FVV CAH. Performed the experiments: LB JB. Analyzed the data: LB JB ACM FVV CAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FVV CAH CSVK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LB JB ACM MG CSVK FVV CAH.