**Author details**

Andrei-Dennis Voichitoiu1,2†, Beatrice Mihaela Radu3,4†, Luciana Pavelescu5 , Dragos Cretoiu5,6, Antonia Teona Deftu3,4, Nicolae Suciu1,2,6 and Sanda Maria Cretoiu<sup>5</sup> \*

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Polizu Clinical Hospital, Alessandrescu-Rusescu National Institute of Mother and Child Health, Bucharest, Romania

2 Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Neonatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

3 Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

4 Life, Environmental and Earth Sciences Division, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), Bucharest, Romania

5 Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

6 Alessandrescu-Rusescu National Institute of Mother and Child Health, Fetal Medicine Excellence Research Center, Bucharest, Romania

\*Address all correspondence to: sanda@cretoiu.ro

† Authors have contributed equally.

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