The human endometrium exhibits complex signaling cascades mediated by spatial–temporal cellular interactions. Understanding the normal endometrial microenvironment is the first step towards understanding diseases of endometrial dysfunction.
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Wang, X., Hawkins, S.M. Using advanced spatial and single-cell transcriptomics to characterize the human endometrium. Nat Genet 53, 1628–1630 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00982-0
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