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PMID 19200988
Gene Name IGFBP1
Condition Endometriosis
Association Associated
Population size 28
Population details 28 (17 patients in whom endometriosis, 11 healthy fertile women)
Sex Female
Associated genes IGFBP1
Other associated phenotypes Endometriosis
Differentially expressed genes in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of women with endometriosis.

Fertil Steril. 2010 Apr;93(6):1750-73. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.058.

Meola, Juliana| Rosa e Silva, Julio Cesar| Dentillo, Daniel Blassioli| da Silva, Wilson Araujo Jr| Veiga-Castelli, Luciana Caricati| Bernardes, Luciano Angelo de Souza| Ferriani, Rui Alberto| de Paz, Claudia Cristina Paro| Giuliatti, Silvana| Mar

Department of Genetics, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil. jumeola@yahoo.com.br

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the potential mechanisms involved in the physiopathology of endometriosis. We analyzed the differential gene expression profiles of eutopic and ectopic tissues from women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective laboratory study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Seventeen patients in whom endometriosis was diagnosed and 11 healthy fertile women. INTERVENTION(S): Endometrial biopsy specimens from the endometrium of healthy women without endometriosis and from the eutopic and ectopic endometrium tissues of patients with endometriosis were obtained in the early proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Six paired samples of eutopic and ectopic tissue were analyzed by subtractive hybridization. To evaluate the expression of genes found by rapid subtraction hybridization methods, we measured CTGF, SPARC, MYC, MMP, and IGFBP1 genes by real-time polymerase chain reaction in all samples. RESULT(S): This study identified 291 deregulated genes in the endometriotic lesions. Significant expression differences were obtained for SPARC, MYC, and IGFBP1 in the peritoneal lesions and for MMP3 in the ovarian endometriomas. Additionally, significant differences were obtained for SPARC and IGFBP1 between the peritoneal and ovarian lesions. No significant differences were found for the studied genes between the control and the eutopic endometrium. CONCLUSION(S): This study identified 291 genes with differential expression in endometriotic lesions. The deregulation of the SPARC, MYC, MMP3, and IGFBPI genes may be responsible for the loss of cellular homeostasis in endometriotic lesions.

Mesh Terms: Adolescent| Adult| Algorithms| Choristoma/*genetics/metabolism/pathology| Connective Tissue Growth Factor/genetics/metabolism| Endometriosis/*genetics/pathology| Endometrium/metabolism/*pathology| Female| Gene Expression Profiling| Gene Expressio