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Review

Inside the Endometrial Cell Signaling Subway: Mind the Gap(s)

Reproductive Sciences Laboratory, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(9), 2477; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092477
Submission received: 4 July 2018 / Revised: 3 August 2018 / Accepted: 4 August 2018 / Published: 21 August 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Research of Endometrial Pathophysiology)

Abstract

Endometrial cells perceive and respond to their microenvironment forming the basis of endometrial homeostasis. Errors in endometrial cell signaling are responsible for a wide spectrum of endometrial pathologies ranging from infertility to cancer. Intensive research over the years has been decoding the sophisticated molecular means by which endometrial cells communicate to each other and with the embryo. The objective of this review is to provide the scientific community with the first overview of key endometrial cell signaling pathways operating throughout the menstrual cycle. On this basis, a comprehensive and critical assessment of the literature was performed to provide the tools for the authorship of this narrative review summarizing the pivotal components and signaling cascades operating during seven endometrial cell fate “routes”: proliferation, decidualization, implantation, migration, breakdown, regeneration, and angiogenesis. Albeit schematically presented as separate transit routes in a subway network and narrated in a distinct fashion, the majority of the time these routes overlap or occur simultaneously within endometrial cells. This review facilitates identification of novel trajectories of research in endometrial cellular communication and signaling. The meticulous study of endometrial signaling pathways potentiates both the discovery of novel therapeutic targets to tackle disease and vanguard fertility approaches.
Keywords: endometrial cell; pathway; proliferation; decidualization; migration; angiogenesis; regeneration; breakdown; implantation endometrial cell; pathway; proliferation; decidualization; migration; angiogenesis; regeneration; breakdown; implantation

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Makieva, S.; Giacomini, E.; Ottolina, J.; Sanchez, A.M.; Papaleo, E.; Viganò, P. Inside the Endometrial Cell Signaling Subway: Mind the Gap(s). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 2477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092477

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Makieva S, Giacomini E, Ottolina J, Sanchez AM, Papaleo E, Viganò P. Inside the Endometrial Cell Signaling Subway: Mind the Gap(s). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(9):2477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092477

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Makieva, Sofia, Elisa Giacomini, Jessica Ottolina, Ana Maria Sanchez, Enrico Papaleo, and Paola Viganò. 2018. "Inside the Endometrial Cell Signaling Subway: Mind the Gap(s)" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 9: 2477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092477

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Makieva, S., Giacomini, E., Ottolina, J., Sanchez, A. M., Papaleo, E., & Viganò, P. (2018). Inside the Endometrial Cell Signaling Subway: Mind the Gap(s). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(9), 2477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092477

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