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ArticleNature communications2025

Time-series single-cell transcriptomic profiling of luteal-phase endometrium uncovers dynamic characteristics and its dysregulation in recurrent implantation failures.

Dandan Cao, Yijun Liu, Yanfei Cheng, Jue Wang, Bolun Zhang, Yanhui Zhai, Kongfu Zhu, Ye Liu, Ye Shang, Xiao Xiao and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07767240 (A Cohort Study of Endometrial Receptivity Analysis in Young, Primary Infertile Patients With Unexplained Recurrent Implantation Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07767240 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Cohort Study of Endometrial Receptivity Analysis in Young, Primary Infertile Patients With Unexplained Recurrent Implantation Failure

TypeobservationalSponsorShangHai Ji Ai Genetics & IVF InstituteRan2026 to 2027Enrolled400ConditionsRecurrent Implantation FailureArmstb-ERA and personalized embryo transfer
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. SAV1 in Cooperation With FKBP52 Participates in Implantation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  9. Endometrial Epithelial Lactate Deficiency Drives CD8Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Endometrial immune dysregulation shapes CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  20. Advances in the Pathophysiology of Thin Endometrium.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Dandan Cao *Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yijun Liu *School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7752-1611
Yanfei Cheng *Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Jue WangShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Bolun ZhangShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0009-0002-9990-2292
Yanhui ZhaiShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Kongfu ZhuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Ye LiuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Ye ShangShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Xiao XiaoGenomics Institute, Geneplus-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Yi ChangSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University, Jilin, China.
Yin Lau LeeShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0559-4381
William Shu Biu YeungShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China. wsbyeung@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0003-0670-0879
Yuanhua HuangSchool of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. yuanhua@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0003-3124-9186
Yuanqing YaoShenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China. yaoyq_hkuszh@126.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5942-4121

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding human endometrial dynamics in the establishment of endometrial receptivity remains a challenge, which limits early diagnosis and treatment of endometrial-factor infertility. Here, we decode the endometrial dynamics of fertile women across the window of implantation and characterize the endometrial deficiency in women with recurrent implantation failure. A computational model capable of both temporal prediction and pattern discovery is used to analyze single-cell transcriptomic data from over 220,000 endometrial cells. The time-series atlas highlights a two-stage stromal decidualization process and a gradual transitional process of the luminal epithelial cells across the window of implantation. In addition, a time-varying gene set regulating epithelium receptivity is identified, based on which the recurrent implantation failure endometria are stratified into two classes of deficiencies. Further investigation uncovers a hyper-inflammatory microenvironment for the dysfunctional endometrial epithelial cells of recurrent implantation failure. The holistic characterization of the physiological and pathophysiological window of implantation and a computational tool trained on this temporal atlas provide a platform for future therapeutic developments.

Indexed as

Embryo ImplantationEndometriumGene Expression ProfilingLuteal PhaseSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeAdultEpithelial CellsFemaleHumansInfertility, Female

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PMID39747825
PMCPMC11695634

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