Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41174819›Full record

ArticleCell & bioscience2025

FAK-dependent activation of src family kinase member BLK contributed to endometrial fibrosis via endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Yimeng Lu, Xudong Zhang, Shanshan Wu, Siwen Zhang, Xiaohan Qi, Jichun Tan

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell & bioscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yimeng Lu *Center of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xudong Zhang *Center of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Shanshan WuCenter of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Siwen ZhangCenter of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xiaohan QiCenter of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Jichun TanCenter of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China. tjczjh@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6401-1919

Funding

Major Special Construction Plan for Discipline Construction Project of China Medical University 3110118033National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile Src family kinases (SFKs) are established mediators of some fibrotic diseases, their specific function in endometrial fibrosis is not well defined. Here, we investigated the function and underlying mechanism of B lymphoid tyrosine kinase (BLK), an SFK member, in driving endometrial fibrosis.

methodsBLK expression was analyzed in the human endometrium and mice uterus, as well as in human endometrial stromal cells (hEndoSCs). Its functional role was assessed using siBLK in TGF-β1-induced hEndoSCs and in the intrauterine adhesion (IUA) mice model with Blk knockdown (IUA

resultsBLK was overexpressed and activated in the endometrium of IUA patients, the uterus of IUA mice, and TGF-β1-induced hEndoSCs, and was accompanied by high expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) hallmarks GRP78 and CHOP. Inhibition of BLK significantly reduced the expression levels of GRP78, CHOP, Collagen I, and α-SMA in TGF-β1-induced hEndoSCs. Endometrial fibrosis was also significantly attenuated in IUA

conclusionsOur findings clarified the critical role and possible mechanism of BLK in endometrial fibrosis. BLK may serve as a promising target for treating endometrial fibrosis.

Indexed as

BLKEndometrial fibrosisEndoplasmic reticulum stressFAKIUA

Identifiers

PMID41174819
PMCPMC12577442

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.