Endometrial microbiota is more diverse in people with endometriosis than symptomatic controls

AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:33:32Z
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
ResumenEndometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent gynecological condition affecting approximately 10\% of reproductive age women. The most widely accepted theory of its etiology includes retrograde menstruation. Recent reports suggest the uterus is not sterile. Thus, the refluxed menstrual effluent may carry bacteria, and contribute to inflammation, the establishment and growth of endometriotic lesions. Here, we compared and contrasted uterine bacteria (endometrial microbiota) in people with surgically confirmed presence (N = 12) or absence of endometriosis (N = 9) using next-generation 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We obtained an average of > 9000 sequence reads per endometrial biopsy, and found the endometrial microbiota of people with endometriosis was more diverse (greater Shannon Diversity Index and proportion of `Other' taxa) than symptomatic controls (with pelvic pain, surgically confirmed absence of endometriosis; diagnosed with other benign gynecological conditions). The relative abundance of bacterial taxa enriched in the endometrial microbiota of people with endometriosis belonged to the Actinobacteria phylum (Gram-positive), Oxalobacteraceae (Gram-negative) and Streptococcaceae (Gram-positive) families, and Tepidimonas (Gram-negative) genus, while those enriched in the symptomatic controls belonged to the Burkholderiaceae (Gram-negative) family, and Ralstonia (Gram-negative) genus. Taken together, results suggest the endometrial microbiota is perturbed in people with endometriosis.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98380-3es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/5365
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EditorialNATURE PORTFOLIOes_ES
RelaciónScientific Reportses_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98380-3es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteScientific Reports
TítuloEndometrial microbiota is more diverse in people with endometriosis than symptomatic controlses_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorWessels, Jocelyn M.
AutorDominguez, Miguel A.
AutorLeyland, Nicholas A.
AutorAgarwal, Sanjay K.
AutorFoster, Warren G.
AutorWessels, Jocelyn M.es_ES
AutorDominguez, Miguel A.es_ES
AutorLeyland, Nicholas A.es_ES
AutorAgarwal, Sanjay K.es_ES
AutorFoster, Warren G.es_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número1es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98380-3
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen11es_ES

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