About the Authors

Alejandra Perez-Sepulveda

Contributed equally to this work with: Alejandra Perez-Sepulveda, Lara J. Monteiro

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Lara J. Monteiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Alejandra Perez-Sepulveda, Lara J. Monteiro

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Aneta Dobierzewska

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Pedro P. España-Perrot

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Pía Venegas-Araneda

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Alejandra M. Guzmán-Rojas

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

María I. González

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Macarena Palominos-Rivera

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Carlos E. Irarrazabal

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Horacio Figueroa-Diesel

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile, Perinatal Unit, Clínica Dávila, Santiago, Chile

Manuel Varas-Godoy

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Sebastián E. Illanes

sillanes@uandes.cl

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile, Perinatal Unit, Clínica Dávila, Santiago, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP LJM SEI. Performed the experiments: AP LJM AD PPE MP CEI HF. Analyzed the data: AP LJM AD PPE PV AMG MIG MP CEI HF MV SEI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP LJM AD PPE PV AMG MIG MP CEI HF MV SEI. Wrote the paper: AP LJM AD PPE PV AMG MIG MP CEI HF MV SEI.