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ArticleFertility and sterility2011

Biobanking human endometrial tissue and blood specimens: standard operating procedure and importance to reproductive biology research and diagnostic development.

Elizabeth Sheldon, Kim Chi Vo, Ramsey A McIntire, Lusine Aghajanova, Zara Zelenko, Juan C Irwin, Linda C Giudice

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Article in Fertility and sterility, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Modeling Uterine Fibroids Using Bioengineered Hydrogels.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2025
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  3. Endometriosis and adenomyosis unveiled through single-cell glasses.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2025
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  5. Endometriosis in the era of precision medicine and impact on sexual and reproductive health across the lifespan and in diverse populations.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Elizabeth SheldonDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
Kim Chi Vo
Ramsey A McIntire
Lusine Aghajanova
Zara Zelenko
Juan C Irwin
Linda C Giudice

Funding

Trophoblast Differentiation in In Vivo and In Vitro Fertilized EmbryosU54HD055764 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI TRAN, NAM D · 2007 to 2013
$11.5M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD055764NICHD NIH HHS U54HD055764-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo develop a standard operating procedure (SOP) for collection, transport, storage of human endometrial tissue and blood samples, subject and specimen annotation, and establishing sample priorities.

designThe SOP synthesizes sound scientific procedures, the literature on ischemia research, sample collection and gene expression profiling, good laboratory practices, and the authors' experience of workflow and sample quality.

settingThe National Institutes of Health, University of California, San Francisco, Human Endometrial Tissue and DNA Bank. PATIENT(S): Women undergoing endometrial biopsy or hysterectomy for nonmalignant indications. INTERVENTION(S): Collecting, processing, storing, distributing endometrial tissue and blood samples under approved institutional review board protocols and written informed consent from participating subjects. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Standard operating procedure. RESULT(S): The SOP addresses rigorous and consistent subject annotation, specimen processing and characterization, strict regulatory compliance, and a reference for researchers to track collection and storage times that may influence their research. CONCLUSION(S): The comprehensive and systematic approach to the procurement of human blood and endometrial tissue in this SOP ensures the high quality, reliability, and scientific usefulness of biospecimens made available to investigators by the National Institutes of Health, University of California, San Francisco, Human Endometrial Tissue and DNA Bank. The detail and perspective in this SOP also provides a blueprint for implementation of similar collection programs at other institutions.

Indexed as

ReproductionBiologyBiomedical ResearchBiopsyBlood Specimen CollectionDiagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and GynecologicalEndometriumFemaleGynecologic Surgical ProceduresHumansProduct LabelingQuality ControlReference StandardsSpecimen HandlingTissue Banks

Identifiers

PMID21371706
PMCPMC3080464

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