About the Authors

Masahiro Tsujiura

Affiliation Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Virginia Mazack

Affiliation Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marius Sudol

Affiliations Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Hanna G. Kaspar

Affiliation Geisinger Medical Laboratories, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John Nash

Affiliation Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David J. Carey

Affiliation Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Radhika Gogoi

rpgogoi@geisinger.edu

Affiliations Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT MS JN DJC RG. Performed the experiments: MT VM RG. Analyzed the data: MT VM RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT VM HGK. Wrote the paper: MT VM RG.