About the Authors

Tatiana Altadill

Affiliation Biomedical Research Group in Ginecology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Irene Campoy

Affiliation Biomedical Research Group in Ginecology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Lucia Lanau

Affiliation Biomedical Research Group in Ginecology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Kirandeep Gill

Affiliation Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Marina Rigau

Affiliation Institut d’Investigació Biomedica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Antonio Gil-Moreno

Affiliation Gynecological Department, Vall Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jaume Reventos

Affiliation Institut d’Investigació Biomedica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Stephen Byers

Affiliation Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Eva Colas

Affiliations Biomedical Research Group in Ginecology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics/Oncologic Pathology Group, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain

Amrita K. Cheema

akc27@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKC EC MR TA. Performed the experiments: TA IC. Analyzed the data: TA KG. Wrote the paper: AKC EC TA JR SB. Were responsible for clinical sample collection and processing: IC LL AGM.