About the Authors

Xiu Xiu Jiang

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Xiang Wei Fei

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Laboratory, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Li Zhao

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Xiao Lei Ye

Affiliation Department of Laboratory, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China, 315000

Liao Bin Xin

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Yang Qu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Kai Hong Xu

janet418@sina.com.cn (JL); wurj@zju.edu.cn (RJW); xukh@zju.edu.cn (KHX)

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Rui Jin Wu

janet418@sina.com.cn (JL); wurj@zju.edu.cn (RJW); xukh@zju.edu.cn (KHX)

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Jun Lin

janet418@sina.com.cn (JL); wurj@zju.edu.cn (RJW); xukh@zju.edu.cn (KHX)

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 310006

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: XXJ. Designed the study: RJW, KHX JL. Bred 20 female mice: LZ. Completed the western blot: LBX. Completed cell culture: YQ. Collected 20 eutopic endometrium samples: KHX. Completed statistics: XWF. Bought the reagents and materials: XLY.