In order to uncover miRNA changes in endometriosis pathogenesis, both endometriotic lesions and endometrial biopsies, as well as stromal and epithelial cells isolated from these tissues have been investigated and a large number of dysregula…
The inner uterine lining (endometrium) is a unique tissue going through remarkable changes each menstrual cycle. Endometrium has its characteristic DNA methylation profile, although not much is known about the endometrial methylome changes …
Study Question Do genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for endometriosis provide insight into novel biological pathways associated with its pathogenesis? Summary Answer GWAS analysis uncovered multiple pathways that are statistically e…
Study question: Do genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for endometriosis provide insight into novel biological pathways associated with its pathogenesis? Summary answer: GWAS analysis uncovered multiple pathways that are statistically…
Around 50% of endometriosis risk is due to genetic factors. Ten genome-wide significant loci have been associated with endometriosis, but most are located in intergenic regions of the genome. To understand how transcriptomic profiles are pe…
Endometriosis is a heritable hormone-dependent gynecological disorder, associated with severe pelvic pain and reduced fertility; however, its molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here we perform a meta-analysis of 11 genome-wide ass…
Endometriosis affects 5-10% of premenopausal women causing pelvic pain and impaired fertility. Diagnosis can only be established surgically, thus, less invasive means of diagnosis are urgently needed. Endometriosis has been suggested to ind…
Endometriosis is a benign gynecologic disorder, affecting up to 10% of women, characterized by the presence of functional endometrial tissue at ectopic positions generally within the peritoneum. It is a heritable condition influenced by mul…
Genome-wide association studies in the fields of reproductive medicine and endocrinology are yielding robust genetic variants associated with disease. Integrated genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic molecular profiling studies are common…
Differentially methylated regions between women with endometriosis and healthy women. The methylation data of all patients was compared to controls. Menstrual cycle day has not been taken into account. (XLSX 15 kb)
Differentially methylated regions between different menstrual cycle phases. The methylation data of each menstrual cycle phase was compared to other phases. (XLSX 2676 kb)
Functional annotation clustering of hypo- and hypermethylated genes in endometrial tissue using g:profiler bioinformatics tool. The complete lists of DMRs between different menstrual cycle phases was used to create the lists of Gene Ontolog…
Pathway analysis of hypo- and hypermethylated genes in endometrial tissue using g:profiler bioinformatics tool. The complete lists of DMRs between different menstrual cycle phases was used to create the list of Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes a…
Menstrual cycle phase specific genes. The list of late-secretory and menstrual phase specific hyper- and hypomethylated genes. (XLSX 28 kb)
PCR primers used in the methylation validation analysis. PCR primers for the bisulfite-treated DNA were designed using MethPrimer[42]. (XLSX 9 kb)
Endometriosis is a heritable, complex chronic inflammatory disease, for which much of the causal pathogenic mechanism remains unknown. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to date have identified 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms at 10 i…
Birth weight (BW) has been shown to be influenced by both fetal and maternal factors and in observational studies is reproducibly associated with future risk of adult metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular dis…
BACKGROUND: Alterations in endometrial DNA methylation profile have been proposed as one potential mechanism initiating the development of endometriosis. However, the normal endometrial methylome is influenced by the cyclic hormonal changes…
Endometriosis is primarily characterized by the presence of tissue resembling endometrium outside the uterine cavity and is usually diagnosed by laparoscopy. The most commonly used classification of disease, the revised American Fertility S…
Free to read Endometriosis is primarily characterized by the presence of tissue resembling endometrium outside the uterine cavity and is usually diagnosed by laparoscopy. The most commonly used classification of disease, the revised America…
Endometriosis is a heritable complex disorder that is influenced by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Identification of these genetic factors will aid a better understanding of the underlying biology of the disease. In this articl…