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Immune-inflammation gene signatures in endometriosis patients.

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Ahn, SH; Khalaj, K; Young, SL; Lessey, BA; Koti, M; Tayade, C
Published in: Fertil Steril
November 2016

OBJECTIVE: To determine if the molecular profiles of endometriotic lesions contain informative measures of inflammation and immune dysfunction that may contribute to better understanding of the interplay between immune dysfunction and inflammation and their contribution to endometriosis pathogenesis. DESIGN: Immune and inflammation transcriptomic analysis with the use of the Nanostring nCounter GX Human Immunology V2 platform (579 human immune and inflammation-related genes and 15 housekeeping genes). SETTING: Academic university and teaching hospital. INTERVENTION(S): None. PATIENT(S): Stage III-IV endometriosis patients with infertility (n = 8) and fertile disease-free control women undergoing tubal ligation (n = 8). Menstrual stage was matched to secretory phase in all participants. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Immune and inflammation transcriptomics quantification from ectopic endometriotic lesions and matched eutopic endometrium from patients. Endometria of fertile women served as control subjects. RESULT(S): Our results displayed endometriotic lesions as molecularly distinct entities compared with eutopic endometrium and endometrium of control samples; 396 out of 579 screened immune and inflammation-related genes were significantly different in ectopic tissues compared with control endometrium. Most importantly, eutopic endometrium of the patients displayed a unique molecular profile compared with the control endometrium (91/579 genes were significantly different), particularly of genes involved in regulation of cell apoptosis and decidualization. CONCLUSION(S): We characterize differential expression of immune-inflammation genes in endometriosis patients, and show molecular distinction of eutopic endometrium of patients compared with control fertile women.

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Published In

Fertil Steril

DOI

EISSN

1556-5653

Publication Date

November 2016

Volume

106

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1420 / 1431.e7

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcriptome
  • Receptors, Cytokine
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Inflammation
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Genetic Markers
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Female
 

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Ahn, S. H., Khalaj, K., Young, S. L., Lessey, B. A., Koti, M., & Tayade, C. (2016). Immune-inflammation gene signatures in endometriosis patients. Fertil Steril, 106(6), 1420-1431.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.07.005
Ahn, Soo Hyun, Kasra Khalaj, Steven L. Young, Bruce A. Lessey, Madhuri Koti, and Chandrakant Tayade. “Immune-inflammation gene signatures in endometriosis patients.Fertil Steril 106, no. 6 (November 2016): 1420-1431.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.07.005.
Ahn SH, Khalaj K, Young SL, Lessey BA, Koti M, Tayade C. Immune-inflammation gene signatures in endometriosis patients. Fertil Steril. 2016 Nov;106(6):1420-1431.e7.
Ahn, Soo Hyun, et al. “Immune-inflammation gene signatures in endometriosis patients.Fertil Steril, vol. 106, no. 6, Nov. 2016, pp. 1420-1431.e7. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.07.005.
Ahn SH, Khalaj K, Young SL, Lessey BA, Koti M, Tayade C. Immune-inflammation gene signatures in endometriosis patients. Fertil Steril. 2016 Nov;106(6):1420-1431.e7.
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Published In

Fertil Steril

DOI

EISSN

1556-5653

Publication Date

November 2016

Volume

106

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1420 / 1431.e7

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcriptome
  • Receptors, Cytokine
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Inflammation
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Genetic Markers
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Female