Localisation of the Notch family in the human endometrium of fertile and infertile women.

To investigate the spatial and temporal immunolocalisation and staining intensity of the Notch signalling family in endometrium of fertile and infertile women, endometrial biopsies were collected by curettage from 25 fertile women across the menstrual cycle and 10 infertile women in the mid secretory phase of menstrual cycle. Immunohisotchemistry was completed for NOTCH1, -2, -3, -4, cleaved Notch, DLL1, -3, -4, JAGGED1, -2, HES and NUMB and immunostaining intensity measured in both the endometrial glandular and luminal epithelium. NOTCH1 and the ligands DLL1 and JAGGED1 were key proteins displaying increased staining intensity during the receptive phase of the menstrual cycle and dysregulated in infertile endometrium. Conversely, NUMB a negative regulator of Notch signalling was decreased in the mid secretory phase of the menstrual cycle in fertile women and increased with infertility.

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Michelle Van Sinderen, Carly Cuman, Thilini Gamage, Katarzyna Rainczuk, Tiki Osianlis, Luk Rombauts, Evdokia Dimitriadis. Localisation of the Notch family in the human endometrium of fertile and infertile women. Journal of molecular histology. 2014 Dec;45(6):697-706

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