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ArticleScientific reports2017

Endometrial apoptosis and neutrophil infiltration during menstruation exhibits spatial and temporal dynamics that are recapitulated in a mouse model.

Gregory M Armstrong, Jacqueline A Maybin, Alison A Murray, Moira Nicol, Catherine Walker, Philippa T K Saunders, Adriano G Rossi, Hilary O D Critchley

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gregory M ArmstrongMRC Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Jacqueline A MaybinMRC Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1560-2840
Alison A MurrayMRC Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Moira NicolMRC Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Catherine WalkerMRC Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Philippa T K SaundersMRC Centre for Inflammation Research (CIR), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9051-9380
Adriano G RossiMRC Centre for Inflammation Research (CIR), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Hilary O D CritchleyMRC Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH), University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK. Hilary.Critchley@ed.ac.uk.
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health · GBCentre for Inflammation Research · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0500047Medical Research Council G0600048Medical Research Council G1002033Medical Research Council G1100356Medical Research Council MR/N022556/1Medical Research Council MR/N024524/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 100646/Z/12/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Menstruation is characterised by synchronous shedding and restoration of tissue integrity. An in vivo model of menstruation is required to investigate mechanisms responsible for regulation of menstrual physiology and to investigate common pathologies such as heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB). We hypothesised that our mouse model of simulated menstruation would recapitulate the spatial and temporal changes in the inflammatory microenvironment of human menses. Three regulatory events were investigated: cell death (apoptosis), neutrophil influx and cytokine/chemokine expression. Well-characterised endometrial tissues from women were compared with uteri from a mouse model (tissue recovered 0, 4, 8, 24 and 48 h after removal of a progesterone-secreting pellet). Immunohistochemistry for cleaved caspase-3 (CC3) revealed significantly increased staining in human endometrium from late secretory and menstrual phases. In mice, CC3 was significantly increased at 8 and 24 h post-progesterone-withdrawal. Elastase

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AnimalsAntigens, LyApoptosisCaspase 3CytokinesEndometriumEstrusFemaleHumansMenstruationMice, Inbred C57BLModels, AnimalNeutrophil InfiltrationPancreatic ElastaseRNA, MessengerSpatio-Temporal AnalysisAntigens, LyCASP3 protein, humanCasp3 protein, mouseCaspase 3CytokinesLy6G antigen, mousePancreatic ElastaseRNA, Messenger

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PMID29234102
PMCPMC5727295
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