Scaffold-Free Endometrial Organoids Respond to Excess Androgens Associated With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Teerawat Wiwatpanit, Alina R Murphy, Zhenxiao Lu, Margrit Urbanek, Joanna E. Burdette, Teresa K. Woodruff, Julie Kim

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2019 · 112 citations · 43 references

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Abstract

A new multicellular, scaffold-free endometrial organoid system was established that resembled physiology of the native endometrium. Excess androgens in PCOS promoted cell proliferation in endometrial organoids, revealing new mechanisms of PCOS-associated with risk of endometrial neoplasia.

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