The etiology of endometriosis: Is Fusobacterium to blame?

Rai Ul Ain
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2024 · vol. 166(3) , pp. 1363–1364 · doi:10.1002/ijgo.15500 · PMID:38619324
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This paper investigates the potential role of Fusobacterium as a contributing factor in the etiology of endometriosis.

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The provided text appears to be a metadata page or citation record rather than the full scientific article, as it primarily lists references and interface elements for downloading bibliographic data. The content highlights a recent cohort study suggesting that Fusobacterium infection may facilitate endometriosis development by inducing phenotypic transitions in endometrial fibroblasts. This potential link implies that future treatment plans for the condition might need modification if further evidence supports this microbial etiology. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically exploring the potential role of Fusobacterium infection in its pathogenesis.

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A recent cohort study has highlighted the potential role of Fusobacterium in causing endometriosis which, after further evidence, might call for a modified treatment plan. CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The author declares no conflicts of interest. DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study. REFERENCES 1Della Corte L, Di Filippo C, Gabrielli O, et al. The burden of endometriosis on women's lifespan: a narrative overview on quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020; 17(13):4683. 2Muraoka A, Suzuki M, Hamaguchi T, et al. Fusobacterium infection facilitates the development of endometriosis through the phenotypic transition of endometrial fibroblasts. Sci Transl Med. 2023; 15(700):eadd1531. 3Tefiku U, Popovska M, Cana A, et al. Determination of the role of Fusobacterium nucleatum in the pathogenesis in and out the mouth. Prilozi. 2020; 41(1): 87-99. 4Liang J, Li M, Zhang L, et al. Analysis of the microbiota composition in the genital tract of infertile patients with chronic endometritis or endometrial polyps. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023; 13:1125640. 5Lavarone I, Greco PF, La Verde M, et al. Correlations between gut microbial composition, pathophysiological and surgical aspects in endometriosis: a review of the literature. Medicina (Kaunas). 2023; 59(2):347. Total unique accesses to an article’s full text in HTML or PDF/ePDF format.More metric information 1 Scite metrics Explore this article's citation statements on scite.ai Share QR Code Generating QR code QR code copied to clipboard! Something went wrong while generating your QR code. Please try again in a moment. If the issue persists, refresh the page or contact support. Export citation Unable to load citation data. Please try again in a moment. How to cite Elkins, L. J., & Spiegelman, M. (2021). pyUserCalc: A revised Jupyter notebook calculator for uranium-series disequilibria in basalts. Earth and Space Science, 8, e2020EA001619. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001619 How to cite text copied to clipboard! Download Citation If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click on download. This feature enables you to download the bibliographic information (also called citation data, header data, or metadata) for the articles on our site. Citation manager file format Use the dropdown list to choose how to format the bibliographic data you're harvesting. Several citation manager formats are available, including EndNote and BibTex. You can then copy the formatted citation (as displayed) or download it as file, to your device. If the RefWorks format is chosen, the 'Download' button will be replaced with an option to directly export to RefWorks Please check your email for instructions on resetting your password. If you do not receive an email within 10 minutes, your email address may not be registered, and you may need to create a new Wiley Online Library account. Request Username Can't sign in? Forgot your username? Enter your email address below and we will send you your username If the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve your username

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