About the Authors

Shali Mazaki-Tovi

shalimazaki@gmail.com (SMT); romeror@mail.nih.gov (RR)

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Edi Vaisbuch

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel

Adi L. Tarca

Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Juan Pedro Kusanovic

Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Center for Research and Innovation in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (CIMAF), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sótero del Río Hospital, Santiago, Chile

Nandor Gabor Than

Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa

Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Zhong Dong

Affiliation Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Sonia S. Hassan

Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Roberto Romero

shalimazaki@gmail.com (SMT); romeror@mail.nih.gov (RR)

Affiliations Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMT EV ALT RR JPK NGT TC SSH ZD. Performed the experiments: SMT EV ALT RR JPK NGT TC SSH ZD. Analyzed the data: SMT EV ALT RR JPK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMT EV ALT RR JPK. Wrote the paper: SMT EV ALT RR JPK NGT TC SSH ZD.