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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Correlation of Progesterone Receptor B in Endometrial Tissue of Menstrual Blood in Patients with and without Endometriosis

Amy I Soenggono, Zulvayanti, Tita H Madjid, Wiryawan Permadi, Jusuf S Effendi

Keywords : Degree of endometriosis, Endometriosis, Menstrual blood, Progesterone receptor B, Quantitative real-time-polymerase chain reaction

Citation Information : Soenggono AI, Z, Madjid TH, Permadi W, Effendi JS. Correlation of Progesterone Receptor B in Endometrial Tissue of Menstrual Blood in Patients with and without Endometriosis. J South Asian Feder Obs Gynae 2018; 10 (4S1):310-315.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10006-1614

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-01-2018

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2018; The Author(s).


Abstract

Background: Endometriosis is a progressive chronic gynecological disease. There are indications that endometriosis patients have lower progesterone receptor B (PR-B) levels. Menstrual blood contains the same mRNA derived from endometrium cells. The objective of this study was to analyze the different levels of PR-B in the menstrual blood of women with endometriosis compared to nonendometriosis. Materials and methods: A case control study was conducted on 42 women administered to the Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Clinic FKUP/Dr Hasan Sadikin Hospital and its networks from December 2016 to January 2017. Through interviews, physical examination and investigation, patients were classified as those with endometriosis and non-endometriosis patients as controls. Surgery was performed to obtain lesion biopsy for endometriosis degree determination and storage. Quantitative RT-PCR for the PR-B mRNA in the menstrual blood samples was performed. Based on the histopathology results and diagnostic confirmation, differences in the PR-B levels in menstrual blood endometrium for endometriosis cases and non-endometriosis women were assessed. Differences in the PR-B levels between endometriosis patients with mild and severe degrees were also investigated. Results: In patients with endometriosis, the mean and median levels of PR-B was significantly lower than non-endometriosis (p <0.05). ROC analysis resulted in a cutoff value of ≤1.1355 μg/dL with 90.5% sensitivity, 81% specificity and 85.7% accuracy for prevalence odds ratio (POR) at 7.85. The PR-B levels strongly inversely correlated with the degree of endometriosis (rs = –0.817; p <0.001). Conclusion: The levels of PR-B in eutopic endometrial tissue of menstrual blood in patients with endometriosis is lower than those in nonendometriosis women. A higher degree of endometriosis is correlated with lower levels of PR-B in patients with endometriosis.


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