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ArticleActa obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica2024

Endometriosis and Sjögren's syndrome: Bidirectional associations in population-based 15-year retrospective cohorts.

Kevin Sheng-Kai Ma, Li-Tzu Wang, Naoko Sasamoto, Yu-Hsun Wang, James Cheng-Chung Wei, Jon Ivar Einarsson, Marc R Laufer

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Article in Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Kevin Sheng-Kai MaCenter for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9394-4144
Li-Tzu WangSchool of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Naoko SasamotoDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yu-Hsun WangDepartment of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
James Cheng-Chung WeiInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Jon Ivar EinarssonBoston Center for Endometriosis, Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4980-5710
Marc R LauferDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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International Team for Implantology Foundation 1577_2021National Science and Technology Council MOST109-2326-B-002-016-MY3Taipei Medical University TMU112-AE1-B08
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introductionPrimary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting salivary and lacrimal glands, while endometriosis involves uterine-like tissue growth outside the uterus, causing pelvic pain and infertility. Investigating their intricate relationship using real-world data is crucial due to limited research on their connection. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis population-based cohort study included patients with endometriosis and controls without endometriosis. Propensity score matching was used to balance baseline differences in demographic and clinic characteristics between the two groups. Cox proportional hazards model were used to estimate the effect of endometriosis on the risk of new-onset pSS over time. A symmetrical cohort study, including patients with pSS and propensity score-matched controls without pSS, was conducted to investigate the effect of pSS on the risk of endometriosis over time. To elaborate on the mechanisms linking endometriosis and pSS, Ingenuity Pathway Analysis was performed to identify activated pathways in eutopic endometrium from patients with endometriosis and parotid tissues from patients with pSS.

resultsA total of 15 947 patients with endometriosis and 15 947 propensity score-matched controls without endometriosis were included. Patients with endometriosis presented a significantly greater risk of pSS compared to non-endometriosis controls (adjusted hazard ratio, aHR = 1.57, 95% CI = 1.29-1.91, p < 0.001). In the symmetrical cohort study, which included 4906 pSS patients and 4,906 propensity score-matched controls without pSS, patients with pSS were found to be at a significantly higher risk of endometriosis compared to non-pSS controls (aHR = 1.51, 95% CI = 1.12-2.04, p = 0.012). Ingenuity Pathway Analysis showed that the underlying cellular mechanisms involved autoimmune-related pathways, including activation of dendritic cell maturation, and chronic inflammatory pathways, including the fibrosis signaling pathway.

conclusionsThese findings support a bidirectional association between endometriosis and pSS, which may be driven by dendritic cell maturation and fibrosis signaling pathways.

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EndometriosisSjogren's SyndromeAdultCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPropensity ScoreProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective StudiesRisk Factorsautoimmune diseasechronic inflammationcohort studyendometriosisSjögren's syndrome

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