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ArticleReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2014

Progesterone Threshold Determines Nucleolar Channel System Formation in Human Endometrium.

Edward J Nejat, Michael J Szmyga, Gregory Zapantis, U Thomas Meier

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Article in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Edward J NejatDepartment of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Michael J SzmygaDepartment of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Gregory ZapantisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA New York Reproductive Wellness, Jericho, NY, USA.
U Thomas MeierDepartment of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA tom.meier@einstein.yu.edu.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR &MOLEC. BIOLOGY &GENETICST32GM007491 · NIGMS · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI QUERY, CHARLES C · 1985 to 2021
$17.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007491PHS HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleolar channel systems (NCSs), micron-sized organelles specific to nuclei of human endometrial epithelial cells (EECs), are robust markers of the midluteal phase under the apparent control of progesterone. To gain further insight into the role of progesterone in NCS formation, we quantitatively assessed their sensitivity to oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) using immunofluorescence-based detection of NCSs. Comparison of endometrial biopsies and serum progesterone levels on cycle day (CD) 10 and 20 (LH +6/7) of 6 naturally cycling women and 6 OCP users demonstrated that OCPs interfered with NCS formation on CD20, their natural peak presence. Although this confirmed prior observation based on electron microscopic sampling, OCPs unexpectedly induced limited but distinct amounts of NCSs already on CD10, when they are never present in natural cycles. Thus, OCPs can cause secretory changes in the endometrium during the proliferative phase. In a novel finding, robust NCS formation on CD20 was dependent on a 4 ng/mL progesterone threshold but did not correlate linearly with serum progesterone levels. Given the threshold being close to that serving as evidence for ovulation, NCSs can serve as ovulation markers.

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endometrial receptivityendometriumnucleolar channel systemoral contraceptive pillsprogesterone

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PMID24458483
PMCPMC4107570
OpenAlexW2162043471

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