Genetic variations in UCA1, a lncRNA functioning as a miRNA sponge, determine endometriosis development and the potential associated infertility via regulating lipogenesis

• Cherry Yin-Yi Chang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cherry Yin-Yi Chang, Li Yang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Li Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cherry Yin-Yi Chang, Li Yang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Joe Tse,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yatsen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Lun-Chien Lo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chung-Chen Tseng,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yatsen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Li Sun,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Gynecological Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China, Department of Gynecological Oncology, Qingdao Central Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

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• Ming-Tsung Lai,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ping-Ho Chen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Tritium Hwang,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yatsen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chih-Mei Chen,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Genetics Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Fuu-Jen Tsai ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d0704@mail.cmuh.org.tw (FJT); sheu.jim@gmail.com (JJCS)

  Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Genetics Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Jim Jinn-Chyuan Sheu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d0704@mail.cmuh.org.tw (FJT); sheu.jim@gmail.com (JJCS)

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yatsen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Precision Medicine, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2088-5822

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