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ArticleNature communications2026

Endometriosis-related alterations in the endometrium revealed by integrated single-cell and AI-powered approaches.

Lea Duempelmann, Shaoline Sheppard, Brett McKinnon, Angelo Duo, Jitka Skrabalova, Thomas Andrieu, Ryan Lusby, Wiebke Solass, Dennis Goehlsdorf, Sukalp Muzumdar and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Lea DuempelmannEndometriosis & Gynaecological Oncology Laboratory, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Lea.Duempelmann@unibe.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5775-5186
Shaoline SheppardScailyte AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Brett McKinnon *Endometriosis & Gynaecological Oncology Laboratory, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9881-1252
Angelo Duo *Scailyte AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Jitka Skrabalova *Endometriosis & Gynaecological Oncology Laboratory, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Thomas AndrieuEndometriosis & Gynaecological Oncology Laboratory, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1187-2272
Ryan LusbyScailyte AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Wiebke SolassInstitute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Dennis GoehlsdorfScailyte AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Sukalp MuzumdarScailyte AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Cinzia DonatoHera Biotech, Inc., 1475 college park, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Hans BösmüllerDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Sarah CarlScailyte AG, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-2559
Peter NestorovScailyte AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Michael D MuellerEndometriosis & Gynaecological Oncology Laboratory, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Michel.Mueller@insel.ch.

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) Innosuisse, Project no 40967.1 IP-LS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis, affecting 1 in 9 women, presents treatment and diagnostic challenges. To address these issues, we generated a comprehensive single-cell atlas of endometrial tissue, comprising 466,371 cells from 35 endometriosis and 25 non-endometriosis donors without exogenous hormonal treatment. Detailed analysis reveals significant gene expression changes and altered receptor-ligand interactions present in the endometrium of endometriosis patients, including increased inflammation, adhesion, proliferation, cell survival, and angiogenesis in various cell types. These alterations may enhance endometriosis lesion formation and identify potential therapeutic targets. Using ScaiVision, we trained neural network models to predict endometriosis of varying disease severity (median AUC = 0.83), including one model based solely on a set of 11 genes confirmed as dysregulated in endometriosis patients through differential expression analysis. In conclusion, our findings reveal numerous pathway and ligand-receptor changes in the endometrium of endometriosis patients, offering insights into pathophysiology, potential targets for improved treatments, and predictive models for enhanced outcomes in endometriosis management. Our models, while not yet externally validated, can serve as a tool for hypothesis generation and starting point for further clinical development.

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EndometriosisEndometriumSingle-Cell AnalysisArtificial IntelligenceFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansNeural Networks, Computer

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PMID42161907
PMCPMC13385355

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