PreImplantation Factor in endometriosis: A potential role in inducing immune privilege for ectopic endometrium

• Marco Sbracia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Sbracia, Brett McKinnon

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Hungaria Center for Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Rome, Italy

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• Brett McKinnon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Sbracia, Brett McKinnon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Fabio Scarpellini,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Hungaria Center for Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Rome, Italy

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• Daniela Marconi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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• Gabriele Rossi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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• Cedric Simmilion,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Michael D. Mueller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Eytan R. Barnea ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: martin.mueller@insel.ch(MM); eytan.barnea@bioincept.com(ERB)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations SIEP- The Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy, Cherry Hill, NJ, United States of America, Department of Research and Development, BioIncept LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ, United States of America

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• Martin Mueller

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: martin.mueller@insel.ch(MM); eytan.barnea@bioincept.com(ERB)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5594-0532

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