Induction of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the endometrium by chronic endometritis in infertile patients

Mitsuaki Ishida; Akie Takebayashi; Fuminori Kimura; Akiko Nakamura; Jun Kitazawa; Aina Morimune; Tetsuro Hanada; Koji Tsuta; Takashi Murakami

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249775

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Induction of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the endometrium by chronic endometritis in infertile patients

Mitsuaki Ishida ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mitsuaki Ishida, Fuminori Kimura

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

* E-mail: ishidamt@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp (MI); kimurafu@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp (FK)

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Akie Takebayashi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Fuminori Kimura ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mitsuaki Ishida, Fuminori Kimura

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ishidamt@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp (MI); kimurafu@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp (FK)

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9840-4227

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Akiko Nakamura,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Jun Kitazawa,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Aina Morimune,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Tetsuro Hanada,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Koji Tsuta,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Takashi Murakami

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Induction of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the endometrium by chronic endometritis in infertile patients

Mitsuaki Ishida,
Akie Takebayashi,
Fuminori Kimura,
Akiko Nakamura,
Jun Kitazawa,
Aina Morimune,
Tetsuro Hanada,
Koji Tsuta,
Takashi Murakami

Published: April 7, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249775

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