2024
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAnimalsEndometriosisEndometriumEstrogensFemaleHumansMiceNeoplasmsPregnancyWnt4 ProteinConceptsFrequency 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
2021
Single-cell analysis of prostaglandin E2-induced human decidual cell in vitro differentiation: a minimal ancestral deciduogenic signal†
Stadtmauer DJ, Wagner G. Single-cell analysis of prostaglandin E2-induced human decidual cell in vitro differentiation: a minimal ancestral deciduogenic signal†. Biology Of Reproduction 2021, 106: 155-172. PMID: 34591094, PMCID: PMC8757638, DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioab183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TransformedCells, CulturedCyclic AMPCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesDeciduaDinoprostoneEndometriumFemaleFibroblastsGene ExpressionGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMedroxyprogesterone AcetatePregnancyReceptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 SubtypeSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisConceptsPlacental mammalsCore gene regulatory networkCyclic AMP/protein kinase A (cAMP/PKA) pathwayProtein kinase A (PKA) pathwaySenescence-associated genesProgesterone-dependent activationGenome-wide studiesSingle-cell transcriptomicsGene regulatory networksProgesterone-dependent inductionMembrane-permeable cAMPKinase A PathwaySingle-cell analysisUse of PGE2Outgroup taxaCellular statesRegulatory networksPKA axisGene expressionDecidual genesPKA activationPGE2 receptor 2Progestin-dependent inductionA PathwayAdenylyl cyclase activation
2020
Transcriptomic responses to hypoxia in endometrial and decidual stromal cells
Rytkönen KT, Heinosalo T, Mahmoudian M, Ma X, Perheentupa A, Elo LL, Poutanen M, Wagner G. Transcriptomic responses to hypoxia in endometrial and decidual stromal cells. Reproduction 2020, 160: 39-51. PMID: 32272449, DOI: 10.1530/rep-19-0615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDecidual stromal cellsEndometrial stromal fibroblastsEndometriotic stromal cellsStromal cellsInflammatory transcription factorsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionExpression of JunDCEBP transcription factorsCell typesHealthy endometriumEndometriosis lesionsProgesterone receptorDecidualization processUterine endometriumStromal fibroblastsMesenchymal transitionProgesterone signalingEndometriumHypoxiaHypoxia pathwayTranscription factorsHuman reproductive successDistinct transcriptional statesExpression of genesJun/Fos
2008
Adaptive changes in the transcription factor HoxA-11 are essential for the evolution of pregnancy in mammals
Lynch VJ, Tanzer A, Wang Y, Leung FC, Gellersen B, Emera D, Wagner GP. Adaptive changes in the transcription factor HoxA-11 are essential for the evolution of pregnancy in mammals. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 14928-14933. PMID: 18809929, PMCID: PMC2567470, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802355105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCis-regulatory elementsHoxa-11Evolutionary changePlacental mammalsEutherian mammalsTranscription factorsCis-regulatory evolutionDirect regulatory targetsGene expression domainsStrong positive selectionNovel developmental pathwayPRL expressionTherian ancestorGene regulationExpression domainsPositive selectionRegulatory targetsNovel functionDevelopmental pathwaysMammalsSpatial expressionProlactin expressionGenesExpressionAdaptive changes