A common allele increases endometrial Wnt4 expression, with antagonistic implications for pregnancy, reproductive cancers, and endometriosis
Pavličev M, McDonough-Goldstein C, Zupan A, Muglia L, Hu Y, Kong F, Monangi N, Dagdas G, Zupančič N, Maziarz J, Sinner D, Zhang G, Wagner G, Muglia L. A common allele increases endometrial Wnt4 expression, with antagonistic implications for pregnancy, reproductive cancers, and endometriosis. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 1152. PMID: 38346980, PMCID: PMC10861470, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45338-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrequency of deleterious allelesAssociated with multiple phenotypesResistance to invasionWnt4 locusAlpha binding sitesPleiotropic mutationsDeleterious allelesPleiotropic SNPsMouse genomeMultiple phenotypesWnt4 transcriptionPopulation frequencyMolecular mechanismsPreovulatory estrogen peakRs3820282Estrogen-responsive tissuesWnt4 expressionCRISPR/Cas 9AllelesTranscriptionEndometriotic fociEndometrial stromaMutationsEpithelial proliferationEstrogen peak