Genomic evidence of Y chromosome microchimerism in the endometrium during endometriosis and in cases of infertility

Table 1 Group-wise distribution of numbers of samples for different experiments

Group	Subgroup (n) [m;n]	Description	Samples used in experiments*
Group	Subgroup (n) [m;n]	Description	MA	RS	RT	PCR
Control	FCON (30)	Control, Fertile	9	5	5	6^a
(CON)	[12;3]
	ICON (30)	Control, Infertile	9	5	5	9^b
Ovarian	FOE (30)	OE, Fertile	9	5	5	9^c
Endometriosis	[12;6]
(OE)	IOE (30)	OE, Infertile	9	5	5	9^c

*Only quality assured samples were used. Additional archival samples: ^a2, ^b3, and ^c4. MA, microarray experiment; FCON, control endometrium of fertile women; ICON, control endometrium of subfertile women; FOE, diseased endometrium of fertile women; IOE, diseased endometrium of sub-fertile women; RS, RNA-Seq; RT, qRT-PCR; PCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction. m, number of fertile women reportedly having at least one male child; n, number of fertile women who declined to report details of children

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