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Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 5/2014

01.05.2014 | Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine

Molecular evaluation of proliferative-phase endometrium may provide insight about the underlying causes of infertility in women with endometriosis

verfasst von: Bradley S. Hurst, Kathleen E. Shimp, Mollie Elliot, Paul B. Marshburn, Judy Parsons, Zahra Bahrani-Mostafavi

Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Ausgabe 5/2014

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Abstract

Purpose

To determine if endometrial gene expression is different in women with endometriosis-related infertility and fertile women.

Methods

Prospective study of mid-follicular phase endometrium in 47 subjects in two phases: microarray study of 10 infertile women with endometriosis and five fertile controls, and a quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) study of 27 infertile women with endometriosis and 15 fertile controls. Gene expression was determined by DNA microarray, and qRT-PCR used for 12 “promising” genes based on the microarray analysis.

Results

Compared to fertile controls, women with stage I–II endometriosis had 23, and women with stage III–IV had 35 genes that were significantly up- or down-regulated by microarray. However, using qRT-PCR, only chemokine ligand (CXCL) 13 was significantly down-regulated and somatostatin was significantly up-regulated with early endometriosis, and only CXCL 14 was significantly down-regulated with advanced endometriosis compared to fertile controls.

Conclusions

Our findings indicate that the pattern of gene expression in proliferative-phase endometrium is different when comparing tissue from patients with endometriosis versus fertile controls. Recognition of these endometrial alterations could be helpful to diagnose and stage endometriosis, and may provide insight to explain why conception rates are low in women with endometriosis.
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Metadaten
Titel
Molecular evaluation of proliferative-phase endometrium may provide insight about the underlying causes of infertility in women with endometriosis
verfasst von
Bradley S. Hurst
Kathleen E. Shimp
Mollie Elliot
Paul B. Marshburn
Judy Parsons
Zahra Bahrani-Mostafavi
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Ausgabe 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-013-3103-6

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