ArticleCommunications biology2022
Altered differentiation of endometrial mesenchymal stromal fibroblasts is associated with endometriosis susceptibility.
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- Endometriosis-related alterations in the endometrium revealed by integrated single-cell and AI-powered approaches.Nature communications · 2026Article
- M2 Macrophages are Major Mediators of Germline Risk of Endometriosis and Explain Pleiotropy With Comorbid Traits.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Single-cell profiling of the human endometrium in polycystic ovary syndrome.Nature medicine · 2025Article
- Modelling Endometriosis Using In Vitro and In Vivo Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Surface Molecular Markers for the Isolation of Viable Fibroblast Subpopulations in the Female Reproductive Tract: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- An integrated single-cell reference atlas of the human endometrium.Nature genetics · 2024Article
- Endometriotic lesions exhibit distinct metabolic signature compared to paired eutopic endometrium at the single-cell level.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Endocannabinoids and their receptors modulate endometriosis pathogenesis and immune response.eLife · 2024Article
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- New concepts on the etiology of endometriosis.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2023Article
- Melanocortin therapies to resolve fibroblast-mediated diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Cellular development is tightly regulated as mature cells with aberrant functions may initiate pathogenic processes. The endometrium is a highly regenerative tissue, shedding and regenerating each month. Endometrial stromal fibroblasts are regenerated each cycle from mesenchymal stem cells and play a pivotal role in endometriosis, a disease characterised by endometrial cells that grow outside the uterus. Why the cells of some women are more capable of developing into endometriosis lesions is not clear. Using isolated, purified and cultured endometrial cells of mesenchymal origin from 19 women with (n = 10) and without (n = 9) endometriosis we analysed the transcriptome of 33,758 individual cells and compared these to clinical characteristics and in vitro growth profiles. We show purified mesenchymal cell cultures include a mix of mesenchymal stem cells and two endometrial stromal fibroblast subtypes with distinct transcriptomic signatures indicative of varied progression through the differentiation processes. The fibroblast subgroup characterised by incomplete differentiation was predominantly (81%) derived from women with endometriosis and exhibited an altered in vitro growth profile. These results uncover an inherent difference in endometrial cells of women with endometriosis and highlight the relevance of cellular differentiation and its potential to contribute to disease susceptibility.
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