Publications by authors named "Siena Barton"

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, have significant potential for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The lack of standardized methods for efficient and high-throughput isolation and analysis of EVs, however, has limited their widespread use in clinical practice. Surface epitope immunoaffinity (SEI) isolation utilizes affinity ligands, including antibodies, aptamers, or lectins, that target specific surface proteins present on EVs.

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Introduction: A healthy pregnancy requires successful blastocyst implantation into an adequately prepared or 'receptive' endometrium. Decidualization of uterine endometrial stromal fibroblast cells (hESF) is critical for the establishment of a healthy pregnancy. microRNAs (miRs) are critical regulators of cellular function that can be released by a donor cell to influence the physiological state of recipient cells.

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  • miR-23b-3p levels increase in the human endometrium during the receptive phase, which is crucial for successful implantation of the blastocyst.* -
  • The study used techniques like qPCR and hybridization to explore miR-23b-3p expression and its effects on endometrial cells' adhesion to trophoblasts, highlighting its role in fertility.* -
  • Results showed that while miR-23b-3p enhances adhesion in fertile endometrial cells, it does not have the same effect in infertile cells, indicating potential mechanisms behind endometrial receptivity.*
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Introduction: Embryo implantation failure leads to infertility. As an important approach to regulate implantation, endometrial epithelial cells produce and secrete factors apically into the uterine cavity in the receptive phase to prepare the initial blastocyst adhesion and implantation. Organoids were recently developed from human endometrial epithelium with similar apical-basal polarity compared to endometrial gland making it an ideal model to study endometrial epithelial secretions.

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