Manabu Ogoyama^1,2, Akihide Ohkuchi², Tomoko Shima³, Shigeru Saito³, Toshihiro Takizawa¹ (1. Department of Molecular Medicine and Anatomy, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan, 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan)

Teruyuki Mizutani, Tomomi Kotani, Takafumi Ushida, Kenji Imai, Tomoko Nakano, Yoshinori Moriyama, Masataka Nomoto, Fumitaka Kikkawa (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya City, Japan)

Murrieta-Coxca José M^1,2, Favaro Rodolfo¹, Markert Udo R¹, Rodríguez-Martínez Sandra², Morales-Prieto Diana M¹ (1. Placenta Lab. Department of Obstetrics. University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany, 2. Laboratory of Innate Immunology. Immunology Department. National School of Biological Sciences-IPN, Mexico, Mexico)

Nicholas Maurice^1,2, Florian Mair¹, Stephen McCartney³, Jami Erickson¹, Caitlin Laughney³, Hilary Gammill³, Martin Prlic¹ (1. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Seattle, USA, 2. University of Washington: Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Seattle, USA, 3. University of Washington: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Seattle, USA)

Yasuyuki Negishi^1,2, Masahiko Kato², Yoshio Shima³, Yoshimitu Kuwabara², Hidemi Takahashi¹, Toshiyuki Takeshita² (1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, 3. Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School Musashikosugi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan)

Magdalena M. Rose¹, Diana M. Morales-Prieto¹, Ekkehard Schleußner², Udo R. Markert¹, Rodolfo R. Favaro¹ (1. Placenta-Lab, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany, 2. University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany)

Yassen Abbas, Alejandro Carnicer, Kristian Franze, Michelle L. Oyen, Graham Burton (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Nathia Nathaly Rigoglio, Rodrigo da Silva Nunes Barreto, Paula Fratini, Gustavo de Sá Schiavo Matias, Maria Angelica Miglino (School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Danae Georgiadou¹, Souad Boussata¹, Willemijn Ranzijn¹, Sanne Hillenius¹, Bruno Reversade^1,2, Marie van Dijk¹ (1. Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2. Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore)

Phetcharawan Lye¹, Enrrico Bloise², Lubna Nadeem³, Chun Peng⁴, William Gibb⁵, Tania Ortiga-Carvalho⁶, Stephen Lye^3,7,8, Stephen Matthews^3,7,8 (1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2. Department of Morphology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 3. Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, 4. Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada, 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 6. Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 8. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)

Mikihiro Yoshie¹, Kazuhiro Tamura¹, Tsubasa Chiba¹, Sayaha Nakajima¹, Junya Kojima², Hirotaka Nishi², Keiichi Isaka² (1. Department of Endocrine and Neural Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan)

Lucila Gotfryd¹, Gabriela Salamone², Federico Fuentes², Alejandra Erlejman³, Juan Carlos Calvo⁴, Elisa Cebral⁵, Vanina Fontana⁴ (1. Depertament of Biological Chemistry, School of Science, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2. IMEXCONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3. Depertament of Biological Chemistry, School of Science, University of Buenos Aires- IQUIBICEN, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4. Depertament of Biological Chemistry, School of Science, University of Buenos Aires- IBYME, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5. IBBEA- CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Bryce Wolfe¹, Megan Murphy¹, Greg Wiepz¹, Michele Schotzko¹, Andres Mejia¹, Heather Simmons¹, Charles Czuprynski², Thaddeus Golos^1,2 (1. Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, Madison, USA, 2. University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, USA)

Cyntia Duval^1,2, Ines Boufaied², Sylvie Girard^1,2 (1. Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 2. CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montreal, Canada)

Hitoshi Matsui¹, Nagayoshi Umehara², Satoru Funaki², Megumi Shibata², Michiko Miya², Seiji Wada², Takako Yoshioka², Haruhiko Sago² (1. Natinal Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Natinal Center for Child, Tokyo, Japan)

Susanne Lager¹, Marcus C. de Goffau², Judith Breuer³, Sharon J. Peacock^1,4, Julian Parkhill², D. Stephen Charnock-Jones¹, Gordon C.S. Smith¹ (1. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom, 3. University College London, London, United Kingdom, 4. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom)

Kudaka Wataru, Yagi Hisako, Nakasone Tadaharu, Arakaki Yoshihisa, Taira Yusuke, Nakamura Rie, Nakamoto Tomoko, Oyama Takuma, Urasoe Chiaki, Aoki Yoichi (University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan)

Amy Valent, Kevin Kolahi, Haeri Choi, Kent Thornburg (Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA)

Yu Wang¹, Matthew Bucher¹, Alina Maloyan², Leslie Myatt¹ (1. Oregon Health & Sciences University, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Portland, USA, 2. Oregon Health & Sciences University, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Portland, USA)

Yoshinori Moriyama, Seiji Sumigama, Teruyuki Mizutani, Masataka Nomoto, Takafumi Ushida, Kenji Imai, Tomoko Nakano, Tomomi Kotani, Fumitaka Kikkawa (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)

Claudette Cantin, María Jesús Garchitorena, Bárbara Fuenzalida, Lorena Carvajal, Susana Contreras-Duarte, Andrea Leiva (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile)

Olivia Holland¹, Keith Kwan Cheung¹, Marloes Dekker², Filip Radenkovic³, Anthony Perkins¹ (1. Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, 2. University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Australia, 3. University of Queensland Centre Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, Australia)

Carolina Motta-Mejia^1,2, Furqan Bari³, Lubna Kouser⁴, Manjot Gill², Ain Neuhaus², Yvonne Couch², Wei Zhang², Neva Kandzija², Ana-Sofia Cerdeira², Christopher Redman², Uday Kishore¹, Manu Vatish² (1. Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom, 2. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3. Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, 4. Imperial College, London, United Kingdom)

Yunhui Tang¹, Xiaoying Yao¹, Qi Chen^1,2 (1. The Hospital of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2. The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

Takafumi Ushida, Teruyuki Mizutani, Masataka Nomoto, Yoshinori Moriyama, Kenji Imai, Tomoko Nakano, Tomomi Kotani, Fumitaka Kikkawa (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)

Tomoko Noguchi, Michihisa Shiro, Naoyuki Iwahashi, Sakiko Nanjo, Madoka Yamamoto, Nami Ota, Yasushi Mabuchi, Shigetaka Yagi, Sawako Minami, Kazuhiko Ino (Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan)

Hyun Sun Ko, Jeong Ha Wie, Rayon Kim, Singyoung Kim, In Yang Park, Jong Chul Shin (Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of)

Tomomi Kotani, Tomoko Nakano, Kenji Imai, Yoshinori Moriyama, Masataka Nomoto, Teruyuki Mizutani, Fumitaka Kikkawa (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan)

Akiko Konishi, Takashi Ashida, Masaya Tanaka, Eri Takashima, Norio Takeda, Go Ichikawa (Kawaguti Municipal Medical Center, Kawaguti, Japan)

Ditte N Hansen^1,2, Sofie S Poulsen¹, Marianne Sinding³, David A Peters⁴, Jens B Frøkjær⁵, Anne Sørensen^1,2 (1.Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, 2.Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, 3.Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark, 4.Department of Clinical Engineering, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark, 5.Department of Radiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark)

Harriet Pais^1,2, Ruchit G Shah¹, Phillip Necaise^1,2, Craig Newschaffer³, Kristen Lyall³, Sanford Lederman⁴, Carolyn M Salafia^1,2,4 (1.Placental Analytics LLC, NY, USA, 2.Institute for Basic Research, NY, USA, 3.AJ Drexel Autism Center, PA, USA, 4.New York Presebyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NY, USA)

Manjot Gill, Carolina Motta-Mejia, Neva Kandzija, Kirsten White, Boonyakiat Thammasate, Rannya Ri, William Cooke, Sofia Cerdeira, Wei Zhang, Christopher Redman, Manu Vatish (University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom)

Kirsten White, Dionne Tannetta, Neva Kandzija, Carolina Motta-Mejia, Manjot Gill, Wei Zhang, William Cooke, Boonyakiat Thammasate, Sofia Cerdeira, Rannya Ri, Christopher Redman, Manu Vatish (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)

Yunhui Tang^1,2, Yan Chen², Katie Groom², Anthony Hickey², Larry Chemley², Qi Chen^1,2 (1. The Hospital of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2. The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

Olivia Nonn¹, Sabine Maninger¹, Amin El-Heliebi¹, Thomas Kroneis¹, Desiree Forstner¹, Monika Siwetz¹, Florian Herse², Denise Hoch³, Gernot Desoye³, Ulrich Pecks⁴, Berthold Huppertz¹, Martin Gauster¹ (1. Department of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Gottfried Schatz Research Centre, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2. Max Delbrueck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Experimental Clinical Research Centre Campus Buch, Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 4. Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus, Kiel, Germany)

Lorena Carvajal¹, Claudette Cantin¹, Bárbara Fuenzalida¹, Susana Contreras-Duarte¹, Jaime Gutiérrez², Eugenia Morselli¹, Andrea Leiva¹ (1. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2. Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile)

Ramin Khanabdali^1,2, Aida Shakouri-Motlagh¹, Sarah Wilkinson¹, Harry Georgiou^1,2, Shaun Brennecke^1,2, Bill Kalionis^1,2 (1. Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Pregnancy Research Centre, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia)

Sampada A. Kallol¹, Jonas Zaugg^1,2, Michael P. Lüthi^1,2, Ruedi Moser³, Hiten D. Mistry⁴, Henning Schneider¹, Christiane Albrecht^1,2 (1. Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2. Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) TransCure, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 3. Lindenhofspitalgruppe, Bern, Switzerland, 4. Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom)

N.L Zang, Y.W Wen, Q.T Huang, M Zhong (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China)

Yanlei Liu^1,2, Huifen Lu^1,2, Wentong Jia^1,2, Feihong Dang^1,2, Liyang Ma¹, Yu-xia Li¹, Xuan shao¹, Yan-ling Wang^1,2 (1. State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Jay Mishra¹, Kathirvel Gopalakrishnan¹, Chellakkan Blesson², Sathish Kumar¹ (1. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 2. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA)

Akitoshi Nakashima¹, Tae Kusabiraki¹, Aiko Aoki¹, Azusa Sameshima¹, Tomoko Shima¹, Osamu Yoshino¹, Shi-Bin Cheng², Surendra Sharma², Shigeru Saito¹ (1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama city, Japan, 2. Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital-Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, USA)

Haiyan Liu^1,2, Pamela Htain², Katie Groom², Michelle Wise², Peter Stone², Larry Chemley², Qi Chen^1,2 (1. 2. The Hospital of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2. 1. The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

Xuan Shao¹, Yongqing Wang², Yanlei Liu^1,3, Xuejiang Guo⁴, Dong Li¹, Ran Huo⁴, Wentong Jia^1,3, Guangming Cao¹, Yu-Xia Li¹, Ming Liu¹, Jiahao Sha⁴, Yangyu Zhao², Yan-Ling Wang^1,3 (1. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2. Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China, 3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 4. State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China)

Lucas Sagrillo-Fagundes¹, Eugênia Maria Assunção Salustiano¹, Ruano Rodrigo², Regina P. Markus³, Cathy Vaillancourt¹ (1. INRS-Institut Armand Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada, 2. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, 3. Institute of Bioscience, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Juan Arroyo (Brigham Young University, Provo, USA)

Koumei Shirasuna¹, Ayae Ozeki¹, Hironori Takahashi², Akihide Ohkuchi², Hisataka Iwata¹, Takehito Kuwayama¹ (1. Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Japan, 2. Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan)

Kenji Onda¹, Sally Beard², Rhotaro Shiota¹, Masaru Sakamaki¹, Stephen Tong², Toshihiko Hirano¹, Natalie J Hannan² (1. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, 2. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia)

Kaminee Maduray, Preenan Pillay, Jagidesa Moodley, Irene Mackraj (University of Kwazulu- Natal, Durban, South Africa)

Marie-Eve Brien^1,2,3, Ines Boufaied^1,2, Nathalie Bernard⁴, Jean-Claude Forest^4,5, Yves Giguère^4,5, Sylvie Girard^1,2,3 (1. Ste-Justine Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Canada, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 3. Department of microbiology, infectiology and immunology, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 4. Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 5. Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada)

Masayoshi Arizawa (Ohtsuka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)

Nobuhiro Suzumori¹, Takeshi Ebara², Takahiro Yamada³, Osamu Samura⁴, Junko Yotsumoto⁵, Miyuki Nishiyama⁶, Kiyonori Miura⁷, Hideaki Masuzaki⁷, Yoshimasa Kamei⁸, Jun Murotsuki⁹, Hideaki Sawai¹⁰, Juan-Sebastian Saldivar¹¹, Nilesh Dharajiya¹¹, Haruhiko Sago⁶, Akihiko Sekizawa¹² (1.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University, Aichi, Japan, 2.Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya City University, Aichi, Japan, 3.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, 4.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 5.Department of Genetic Counseling, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan, 6.Center of Maternal-Fetal, Neonatal and Reproductive Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, 7.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, 8.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, 9.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan, 10.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan, 11.Sequenom Inc, CA, USA, 12.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

Ortal Tamam^1,2, Louis Muglia² (1. The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics; Faculty of Health Sciences (A.B.), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, 2. Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA)

Yi Lu, Wangsheng Wang, Gang Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai, China)

Seiji Kanazawa, Rika Sugibayashi, Katsusuke Ozawa, Seiji Wada, Haruhiko Sago (National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan)

Mariko Horii, Tony Bui, Francesca Soncin, Omar Farah, Ching-Wen Chang, Morgan Meads, Louise Laurent, Mana Parast (University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA)

Anna Boss, Joanna L James, Anna E S Brooks, Larry W Chamley (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

Nadejda Capatina¹, Myriam Hemberger², Graham Burton¹, Hong Wa Yung¹ (1. Centre for Trophoblast Research, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2. The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Noriko Nagata¹, Naoki Fuchi^1,2, Kiyonori Miura¹, Tao-Sheng Li², Hideaki Masuzaki¹ (1. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 2. Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan)

Anandita Umapathy, Arier Chi Lun Lee, Larry Chamley, Joanna James (University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

Rodrigo Riedel¹, Antonio Pérez Pérez², Alejandra Erlejman¹, Mariana Jaime³, Ornella Parolini⁴, Jose Luis Dueñas², Víctor Sánchez-Margalet², Cecilia Varone¹, Julieta Maymó¹ (1. Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires-IQUIBICEN-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2. Depto. de Bioquímica Médica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, 3. Hospital Nacional Alejandro Posadas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4. Centro di Ricerca E. Menni-Fondazione Poliambulanza- Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy)

Mai Inagaki¹, Tomohiro Nishimura¹, Takeo Nakanishi², Hiroaki Shimada^2,3, Saki Noguchi¹, Shin-ichi Akanuma⁴, Masanori Tachikawa⁵, Emi Nakashima¹, Ken-ichi Hosoya⁴, Ikumi Tamai², Masatoshi Tomi¹ (1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, 3. Faculty of Pharmacy, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan, 4. Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, 5. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan)

Michael Gruber¹, Uwe Lang², Christian Wadsack^1,3 (1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 3. Bio TechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria)

Rona Karahoda, Martina Ceckova, Frantisek Staud (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)

Jonas Zaugg^1,2, Jean-Marc Nuoffer³, Ruedi Moser-Hässig⁴, Christiane Albrecht^1,2 (1. Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2. Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) TransCure, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 3. Center for Metabolic Analysis, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, 4. Lindenhofspitalgruppe Bern, Bern, Switzerland)

Emma Lofthouse, Bram Sengers, Jane Cleal, Rohan Lewis (University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom)

Kanako Ono¹, Ayako Furugen¹, Yuko Kurosawa¹, Naoko Jinno¹, Katsuya Narumi¹, Masaki Kobayashi², Ken Iseki^1,2 (1. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2. Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan)

Mai Sato, Eiji Kondoh, Yosuke Kawamura, Hiroshi Takai, Yoshitsugu Chigusa, Haruta Mogami, Masaki Mandai (Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan)

Karolin Froehlich¹, Julia I. Heger¹, Andre Schmidt¹, Astrid Schmidt¹, Yvonne Heimann¹, Amelie Lupp², Rikst Nynke Verkaik-Schakel³, Gitta Turowski⁴, Sibylle Loibl⁵, Torsten Plosch³, Udo R. Markert¹ (1. Placenta Laboratories, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, 2. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 4. Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 5. German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg, Germany)

Desiree Forstner¹, Sabine Maninger¹, Olivia Nonn¹, Gerit Moser¹, Gerd Leitinger¹, Elisabeth Pritz¹, Katharina Schallmoser², Monika Siwetz¹, Gunther Marsche³, Akos Heinemann³, Denise Hoch⁴, Gernot Desoye⁴, Berthold Huppertz¹, Martin Gauster¹ (1. Department of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2. University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, 3. Department of Pharmacology, Otto Loewi Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria)

Kimihiro Nishino¹, Kenichi Nakamura¹, Yoshiki Ikeda¹, Kaoru Niimi¹, Eiko Yamamoto², Toshimichi Yamamoto³, Fumitaka Kikkawa¹ (1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 2. Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 3. Department of Legal Medicine and Bioethics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)

Julia I. Heger¹, Karolin Froehlich¹, Lisa Uhl¹, Jana Henning¹, Ralf Mrowka², Amelie Lupp³, Andre Schmidt¹, Udo R. Markert¹ (1. Placenta Laboratories, Department of Obstetrics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, 2. KIMIII Department of Experimental Nephrology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, 3. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany)

Juan Liu^1,2, Feihong Dang^1,2, Ming Liu¹, Yu-xia Li¹, Shao Xuan¹, Yan-Ling Wang¹ (1. State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Hassan Melhem¹, Xiao Huang¹, Sampada Kallol¹, Ruedi Moser², Regula Theurillat³, Michael Lüthi¹, Wolfgang Thormann³, Henning Schneider¹, Christiane Albrecht¹ (1. Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2. Lindenhofspitalgruppe Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 3. Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland)

Kana Tamura-Furukawa^1,2, Kazunari Yamashita^1,3, Shigeo Ohno⁴ (1. Dep. of Mol. Cel. Biol., Grad Sch. of Med., Yokohama City Univ, Yokohama, Japan, 2. Laboratory for Lung Dev., RIKEN Center for Dev. Biol., Kobe, Japan, 3. Dep. of Mol. Cel. Biol, Grad Sch. of Life Sci., Tohoku Univ, Sendai, Japan, 4. Dep. of Mol. Cel. Biol., Grad Sch. of Med., Yokohama City Univ., Yokohama, Japan)

Toshihiro Takizawa¹, Chaw Kyi-Tha-Thu¹, Hironori Takahashi², Manabu Ogoyama^1,2, Akihide Ohkuchi², Toshiyuki Takeshita³, Shigeki Matsubara² (1. Department of Molecular Medicine and Anatomy, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan, 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan)

Boonyakiat Thammasate¹, Wei Zhang², Nattiya Hirankarn¹, Christopher Redman², Manu Vatish² (1. Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2. Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom)

Harriet Pais¹, Carolyn Salafia¹, Phillip Necaise¹, Thomas O’Connor², Ruchit Shah¹, Emily Barrett³, Philip Katzman², Richard K Miller² (1. Placental Analytics, LLC, New Rochelle, NY, USA, 2. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, 3. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA)

Harriet Pais, Carolyn Salafia, Ruchit Shah, Phillip Necaise (Placental Analytics, LLC, New Rochelle, NY, USA)

Sebastian Granitzer^1,2, Christine Giuffrida^1,2, Elisabeth Straka², Raimund Widhalm², Isabella Ellinger², Harald Zeisler², Hans Salzer³, Markus Hengstschläger², Claudia Gundacker² (1. Karl-Landsteiner Privatuniversität, Krems, Austria, 2. Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 3. University Hospital Tulln, Tulln, Austria)

Yuri Hasegawa, Kiyonori Miura, Ai Higashijima, Shuhei Abe, Hideaki Masuzaki (Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan)

Zsolt Gelencser¹, Roberto Romero², Yi Xu², Amanda Demeter¹, Balazs Gyorffy³, Kata Juhasz¹, Janos Palhalmi¹, Katalin Kekesi³, Gudrun Meinhardt⁴, Offer Erez², Adi Tarca², Zoltan Papp⁵, Martin Knöfler⁴, Nandor Than¹ (1. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 2. Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Detroit, USA, 3. Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 4. Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 5. Maternity Clinic, Budapest, Hungary)

Masahiko Kato, Tsuguto Notomi, Eika Harigane, Takehiko Fukami, Koichi Yoneyama, Toshiyuki Takeshita (Nippon Medical School, Kanagawa, Japan)

Youhei Tsunoda, Koichi Yoneyama, Takehiko Fukami, Toshiyuki Takeshita (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School, Kanagawa, Japan)