Transcription profiling of human endometrium from patients with a history of endometriosis vs. normal controls sampled at a range of menstrual cycle timepoints reveals progesterone resistance and candidate susceptibility genes in women with endometriosis

ABSTRACT: The transition of regularly cycling endometrium from the proliferative or Estrogen-dominant phase of the menstrual cycle to the Progesterone-dominant Early and Mid Secretory phases requires wide-spread changes in gene expression that shift the endometrium from a proliferative capacity to a differentiated 'decidual' phenotype in preparation for implantation. This process appears delayed in women with severe endometriosis, suggestive of a progesterone resistant endometrium in this disease. Experiment Overall Design: Endometrial biopsies were obtained from women both with normal endometrial pathologies and no history of endometriosis and from women with laporoscopy proven moderate-severe stage endometriosis. Samples were collected from the Proliferative(PE), Early Secretory (ESE) and Midsec

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Linda Giudice 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-6364 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress