Extensive studies of the rudimental tissues taken from patients with aplasia of the uterus and vagina are aimed at elucidation of the mechanisms of the genesis of these malformations and at the search of the ways of their correction. We performed a histological examination of human uterine rudiments and immunohistochemical analysis of the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors, VEGF, and stem/progenitor cell markers in these tissues. We found that the rudimental tissues show signs of disorganized histogenesis, but retain activity and contain cells expressing estrogen and progesterone receptors and VEGF as well as poorly differentiated precursor cells or stem cells. The presented data contribute to the in-depth studies of the mechanisms of formation of uterine rudiments and development of methods of their correction.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 171, No. 1, pp. 106-114, January, 2021
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Yarygina, N.K., Asaturova, A.V. & Yarygin, K.N. Human Uterine Rudiments: Histological and Immunohistochemical Study. Bull Exp Biol Med 171, 87–93 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-021-05178-4
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