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Molecular Basis of Impaired Decidualization in the Eutopic Endometrium of Endometriosis Patients.

Alejandra Monserrat Retis-Resendiz, Sandra Karen Gómez-Suárez, Elizabeth García-Gómez, Edgar Ricardo Vázquez-Martínez

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alejandra Monserrat Retis-ResendizUnidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología (INPer)-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City 11000, Mexico.
Sandra Karen Gómez-SuárezUnidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología (INPer)-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City 11000, Mexico.
Elizabeth García-GómezSecretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnologías e Innovación (SECIHTI)-Unidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología (INPer)-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City 11000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7350-0386
Edgar Ricardo Vázquez-MartínezUnidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología (INPer)-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City 11000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7151-2976

Funding

Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías A1-S-26749Instituto Nacional de Perinatología 571, 3000-20109-01-571-17Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México IA209520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disorder characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. A common feature of this pathology is the impaired decidualization of endometrial stromal cells, a critical process that prepares the uterus for embryo implantation. This decidualization defect has been mechanistically linked to progesterone resistance in endometriotic lesions. However, the presence and underlying mechanisms of decidualization defects in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis remain controversial. The aim of the present study is to integrate and discuss molecular evidence from both in vivo and in vitro studies examining decidualization alterations in the eutopic endometrium of patients with endometriosis. Multiple studies have demonstrated impaired decidualization in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis. These alterations have been reported on multiple genes, signaling pathways, and epigenetic processes. However, additional functional studies are warranted to elucidate whether these decidualization defects directly contribute to endometriosis-associated infertility. A better understanding of the decidualization process and its dysregulation in endometriosis will not only advance the development of targeted fertility treatments but also facilitate the design of more effective therapeutic strategies for managing this chronic condition.

Indexed as

DeciduaEndometriosisEndometriumEmbryo ImplantationEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleHumansSignal TransductionStromal Cellsdecidualizationendometrial stromal cellsendometriosisepigeneticseutopic endometriumgene expressionsignaling pathway

Identifiers

PMID40072055
PMCPMC11899082

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