About the Authors

Sarosh Rana

srana1@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ana Sofia Cerdeira

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Gulbenkian Programme for Advanced Medical Education, Lisbon, Portugal

Julia Wenger

Affiliation Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Saira Salahuddin

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kee-Hak Lim

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston Maternal Fetal Medicine Group, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven J. Ralston

Affiliations Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ravi I. Thadhani

Affiliation Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

S. Ananth Karumanchi

Affiliations Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Karumanchi is co-inventor on multiple patents (USPTO #7,740,849, #7,407,658, #7,335,362, #7,344,892) related to the use of angiogenic markers for the diagnosis, prediction and therapy of preeclampsia). Dr. Karumanchi reports having served as a consultant to Roche and Beckman Coulter and has financial interest in Aggamin LLC. Dr. Thadhani is a co-inventor on a patent (USPTO #7,344,892) related to the use of angiogenic proteins for the prediction of preeclampsia and has financial interest in Aggamin LLC.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR ASC SS RT SAK. Performed the experiments: SR SS. Analyzed the data: JW RT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT SAK. Wrote the paper: SR ASC JW KHL SJR RT SAK. Consented and collected all samples: SS.