About the Authors

Bing Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Wang, Tian-Min Ye

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Medical Reprogramming Technology, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China

Tian-Min Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Wang, Tian-Min Ye

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China

Kai-Fai Lee

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Philip C. N. Chiu

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Ronald T. K. Pang

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Ernest H. Y. Ng

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

William S. B. Yeung

wsbyeung@hku.hk

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WSBY KFL EHYN. Performed the experiments: BW TMY. Analyzed the data: BW TMY PCNC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW TMY RTKP. Wrote the paper: BW TMY PCNC WSBY RTKP.