論文

国際誌
2021年4月23日

Three-dimensional understanding of the morphological complexity of the human uterine endometrium.

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  • Manako Yamaguchi
  • Kosuke Yoshihara
  • Kazuaki Suda
  • Hirofumi Nakaoka
  • Nozomi Yachida
  • Haruka Ueda
  • Kentaro Sugino
  • Yutaro Mori
  • Kaoru Yamawaki
  • Ryo Tamura
  • Tatsuya Ishiguro
  • Teiichi Motoyama
  • Yu Watanabe
  • Shujiro Okuda
  • Kazuki Tainaka
  • Takayuki Enomoto
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開始ページ
102258
終了ページ
102258
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.isci.2021.102258

The fundamental morphology of the endometrial glands is not sufficiently understood by 2D observation because these glands have complicated winding and branching patterns. To construct a large picture of the endometrial gland structure, we performed tissue-clearing-based 3D imaging of human uterine endometrial tissue. Our 3D immunohistochemistry and layer analyses revealed that the endometrial glands form a plexus network in the stratum basalis and expand horizontally along the muscular layer, similar to the rhizome of grass. We then extended our method to assess the 3D morphology of tissue affected by adenomyosis, a representative "endometrium-related disease," and observed its 3D morphological features, including the direct invasion of endometrial glands into the myometrium and an ant colony-like network of ectopic endometrial glands within the myometrium. Thus, further understanding of the morphology of the human endometrium based on 3D analysis will lead to the identification of the pathogenesis of endometrium-related diseases.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102258
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33796844
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7995615
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102258
  • PubMed ID : 33796844
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7995615

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