About the Authors

Jung-Yoon Yoo

Contributed equally to this work with: Jung-Yoon Yoo, Heesung Shin

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Heesung Shin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jung-Yoon Yoo, Heesung Shin

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea

Tae Hoon Kim

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Won-Seok Choi

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungbuk, South Korea

Susan D. Ferguson

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Asgerally T. Fazleabas

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Steven L. Young

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Bruce A. Lessey

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Group, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Un-Hwan Ha

JaeWook.Jeong@hc.msu.edu (JWJ); haunhwan@korea.ac.kr (UHH)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea

Jae-Wook Jeong

JaeWook.Jeong@hc.msu.edu (JWJ); haunhwan@korea.ac.kr (UHH)

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Jae-wook Jeong is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JYY THK JWJ. Performed the experiments: HS JYY THK. Analyzed the data: HS JYY THK WSC JWJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDF ATF SLY BAL. Wrote the paper: HS JYY SDF UHH JWJ.