Project description:Background: Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of reproductive age women and 30%-50% of infertile women. Decreased endometrial receptivity is mainly responsible for infertile women with minimal/mild endometriosis. Medical therapy to improve fecundity of these women is needed. Metformin is reported to inhibit growth of ectopic lesions in endometriosis, while the effect on eutopic endometrium is unclear. The study was to identify if metformin had effect on eutopic endometrium in women with minimal/mild endometriosis and thus improve their fecundity. Materials and Methods: Paired endometrial tissues of secretory phase from participants with minimal/mild endometriosis were collected before and after two months of metformin treatment and setting metformin-free control. Protein expression profiles of endometrium were analyzed by proteomics. Results: A total of 115 proteins were detected up-regulated after metformin therapy, including Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7, α-antitrypsin, apolipoprotein D, Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor 1, brain form glycogen phosphorylase, and Cathepsin B that associated with endometrial receptivity, while there had no significant changes in controls. These up-regulated markers were validated through target proteomics and further demonstrated with endometriosis mice models. Conclusions: This study revealed that metformin might ameliorate biomarkers expressions of endometrial receptivity in human and mice model. Metformin is potential to improve endometrial receptivity of endometriosis-associated infertility.
Project description:Transcriptome profile of receptive phase endometrium among infertile women with recurrent implantation failure (RIF) in two different endometrial preparation protocols for FET was analyzed: natural cycle (NC-FET) vs. artificial cycle (AC-FET). Fifteen endometrial biopsy samples were obtained: women with unexplained RIF (n = 5) in natural cycles for FET (NC-FET), women with unexplained RIF undergoing artificial endometrial preparation (n = 5) for FET (AC-FET), and healthy women (n = 5) with proven fertility in natural cycles (NC-FC) (Control group). All endometrial biopsies were obtained during the mid-secretory phase, at the time of ‘window of implantation’.
Project description:Transcriptome profile of receptive phase endometrium among infertile women with recurrent implantation failure (RIF) in two different endometrial preparation protocols for FET was analyzed: natural cycle (NC-FET) vs. artificial cycle (AC-FET). Fifteen endometrial biopsy samples were obtained: women with unexplained RIF (n = 5) in natural cycles for FET (NC-FET), women with unexplained RIF undergoing artificial endometrial preparation (n = 5) for FET (AC-FET), and healthy women (n = 5) with proven fertility in natural cycles (NC-FC) (Control group). All endometrial biopsies were obtained during the mid-secretory phase, at the time of ‘window of implantation’.
Project description:In order to try and identify characteristics of gene expression in the endometrium of women suffering infertility or recurrenty miscarriage, we performed RNAseq on endometrial pipelle biopsies from 20 women. The endometrial transcriptome in the mid-luteal phase of the cycle (window of implantation) is highly divergent in women suffering infertility or miscarriages. 20 mid-luteal endometrial biopsies were analysed from infertile women and patients suffering recurrent pregnancy loss.
Project description:In this study, we carried out quantitative SWATH-MS-based proteomic profiling of urine acquired from a cohort of symptomatic women with and without endometrial cancer.
Project description:The hypothesis that male michrochimerism in eutopic endometrium is a factor for endometriosis, as indicated by indirect evidence was examined in endometrial samples from control (Group 1) and stage IV ovarian endometriosis (Group 2), either fertile (Group 1A and 2A) or Infertile (Group 1B and 2B) pateints. 6 coding and 10 non-coding genes showed bi-modal pattern of expression characterised by low expression in samples obtained from fertile patients and high expressions in infertile patients. Several coding and non-coding MSY-linked genes displayed michrochimerism in form of presence of their respective DNA inserts along with their microarray-detectable expression in endometrium irrespective of fertility history and disease.
Project description:We report transcriptomic profiles from endometrial biopsies obtained from infertile women in the late proliferative phase who developed either optimal (≥8mm) or suboptimal (<6mm) endometrial thickness following early follicular phase exposure to 100mg clomiphene citrate for 5 days.
Project description:We report ESR1 cistromic profiles from endometrial biopsies obtained from infertile women in the late proliferative phase who developed either optimal (≥8mm) or suboptimal (<6mm) endometrial thickness following early follicular phase exposure to 100mg clomiphene citrate for 5 days.