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Klaudija Daugėlaitė
Author with expertise in Immunological Mechanisms in Pregnancy and Fetal-Maternal Interface
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The function and decline of the female reproductive tract at single-cell resolution

Ivana Winkler et al.Oct 27, 2022
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The female reproductive tract (FRT) undergoes extensive remodeling during each reproductive cycle, regulated by systemic changes in sex hormones. Whether this recurrent remodeling influences a specific organ’s aging trajectory is unknown. To address this, we systematically characterized at single-cell resolution the morphological and transcriptional changes that occur in ovary, oviduct, uterus, cervix, and vagina at each phase of the mouse estrus cycle, during decidualization, and into aging. Transcriptional and cell-to-cell communication networks in estrus cycle and aging are enriched for ECM reorganization and inflammation, two essential components of FRT remodeling. We directly link the organ-specific level of these two processes over reproductive lifespan with the gradual, age-related development of fibrosis and chronic inflammation. Our data represent a comprehensive atlas of the FRT lifespan, revealing pathological consequences of incomplete resolution of recurrent inflammation and tissue repair.
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