About the Authors

Yves Lecarpentier

yves.c.lecarpentier@gmail.com

Affiliation Centre de Recherche Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Meaux, Meaux, France

Victor Claes

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

Jean-Louis Hébert

Affiliation Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Xénophon Krokidis

Affiliation Centre de Recherche Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Meaux, Meaux, France

François-Xavier Blanc

Affiliation Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France

Francine Michel

Affiliation Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Meaux, Meaux, France

Oumar Timbely

Affiliation Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Meaux, Meaux, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL. Performed the experiments: YL VC J-LH. Analyzed the data: YL J-LH F-XB XK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VC. Wrote the paper: YL XK VC F-XB J-LH. Obstetricians providing the placentas: OT FM.