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Pilot proof for RNA biomarker-based minimally invasive endometrial receptivity testing using uterine fluid extracellular vesicles

Meltsov, A.; Giacomini, E.; Vigano, P.; Zarovni, N.; Salumets, A.; Aleksejeva, E.

2023-03-05 obstetrics and gynecology
10.1101/2023.03.02.23286679 medRxiv
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Research questionHow accurate is minimally invasive assessment of endometrial receptivity from uterine fluid extracellular vesicles (UF-EVs) using only 68 RNA biomarkers. Study designAssessment of endometrial receptivity by applying the beREADY computational model on transcriptomic data derived from UF-EVs during the pre-receptive (LH+2) and receptive phases (LH+7) of a natural cycle. ResultsbeREADY housekeeping gene transcript levels in UF-EV are not significantly different between LH+2 and LH+7 UF-EVs. Endometrial receptivity can be assessed from UF-EV transcriptomic data using beREADY computational model with specificity of 100% and sensitivity of 75%. ConclusionbeREADY computational model can be used on UF-EVs instead of endometrial tissue biopsy to assess endometrial receptivity. However, further development is needed to fine-tune the model to show that this model can also be used on UF-EV samples from women undergoing hormone-replacement therapy.

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