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Depleted lamin B1: a possible marker of the involvement of senescence in endometriosis?

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Endometriosis is a benign disease characterized by implantation and the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity and it shares similarities with cancer. Lamin B1, p16 and p21 play a role on cell cycle regulation, development, cell repair and its activities are related to cancers. Considering the similarities between endometriosis and cancer, the aim of the present cross-sectional study is to detect p16, p21 and Lamin B1 in the ectopic endometrium of patients with endometriosis (n = 8) with eutopic (n = 8) and control endometrium (n = 8) and relate them to the maintenance and development of endometriosis.

Methods

Biopsies were obtained from both eutopic and ectopic, from deep infiltrating lesions, endometrium frozen and used for immunofluorescent (p16) or immunohistochemistry procedures (p16, p21, lamin B1).

Results

Detected higher lamin B1 in the eutopic endometrium when compared with ectopic endometrium, with no differences between endometriosis tissue with control endometrium. Similar presence of p16 in all groups of patients and no p21 detection was observed.

Conclusion

We observed reduced detection of lamin B1 in the ectopic endometrium raising the possibility that the presence of senescent cells might be contributing to the maintenance and progression of endometriosis by apoptosis resistance and peritoneal stress inherent of the disease.

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H Malvezzi: Protocol/project development; Data collection or management; Data analysis; Manuscript writing/editing, BG Viana: Data collection or management, C Dobo: Data collection or management, RZ Filippi: Data collection or management, S Podgaec: Protocol/project development, Data collection or management; Data analysis; Manuscript writing/editing, CA Piccinato: Protocol/project development; Data collection or management; Data analysis; Manuscript writing/editing.

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Malvezzi, H., Viana, B.G., Dobo, C. et al. Depleted lamin B1: a possible marker of the involvement of senescence in endometriosis?. Arch Gynecol Obstet 297, 977–984 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-018-4691-y

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