Postpartum endometrial re-epithelialization is vital for uterine homeostasis and fertility, but mechanisms of this process are poorly understood. Using lineage-tracing mice and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing, we detail the process of mesench…
Optimal fertility after calving in lactating dairy cows is dependent upon the successful completion of uterine involution. Invasion of pathogenic bacteria into the uterine environment within the first week postpartum can lead to uterine dis…
UNLABELLED: The uterus is a remarkable organ in its ability to undergo extensive tissue damage during menstruation and parturition, yet achieves efficient, scar-free repair. Coordinated regulation of this regenerative process is essential f…
Abstract Optimal reproductive success following parturition in lactating dairy cows is dependent upon adequate completion of uterine involution. Failure to resolve pathogenic bacterial contamination within the first week postpartum can lead…
Uterine leiomyomas, also known as fibroids or myomas, occur in an estimated 70-80% of reproductive aged women. Many experience debilitating symptoms including pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, and infe…
Loss of heterozygosity and promoter hypermethylation of APC is frequently observed in human endometrial cancer, which is the most common gynecological cancer in the USA, but its carcinogenic driver status in the endometrial epithelium has n…
Mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) is a mechanism of endometrial epithelial regeneration. It is also implicated in adenocarcinoma and endometriosis. Little is known about this process in normal uterine physiology. Previously, using pre…
Study questionCan endometrial stromal stem/progenitor cell markers, SUSD2 and CD146/CD140b, enrich for human myometrial and fibroid stem/progenitor cells?Summary answerSUSD2 enriches for myometrial and fibroid cells that have mesenchymal st…
ARID1A and PI3-Kinase (PI3K) pathway alterations are common in neoplasms originating from the uterine endometrium. Here we show that monoallelic loss of ARID1A in the mouse endometrial epithelium is sufficient for vaginal bleeding when comb…
Despite being a histologically dynamic organ, mechanisms coordinating uterine regeneration during the menstrual/estrous cycle and following parturition are poorly understood. In the current study, we hypothesized that endometrial epithelial…