About the Authors

Katarzyna J. Szymanska

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

katarzyna.s-v@yale.edu (KJS); luc.leybaert@ugent.be (LL)

Current address: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Menekse Göker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Melissa Bol

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jo Van Dorpe

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Steven Weyers

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Luc Leybaert

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

katarzyna.s-v@yale.edu (KJS); luc.leybaert@ugent.be (LL)

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

Luc Leybaert holds a patent entitled ‘Vessel protect – use of connexin channel inhibitors to protect grafts’, PCTEP2013076001, US patent 14/650,553; there are no potential conflicts of interest to disclose. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.