Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Parity associates with chromosomal damage in uterine leiomyomas

  • Heli Kuisma,
  • Simona Bramante,
  • Kristiina Rajamäki,
  • Lauri J. Sipilä,
  • Eevi Kaasinen,
  • Jaana Kaukomaa,
  • Kimmo Palin,
  • Netta Mäkinen,
  • Jari Sjöberg,
  • Nanna Sarvilinna,
  • Jussi Taipale,
  • Liisa Kauppi,
  • Manuela Tumiati,
  • Antti Hassinen,
  • Janne Pitkäniemi,
  • Jyrki Jalkanen,
  • Sanna Heikkinen,
  • Annukka Pasanen,
  • Oskari Heikinheimo,
  • Ralf Bützow,
  • Niko Välimäki,
  • Lauri A. Aaltonen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25806-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Many factors have been associated with chromosomal damage, including mechanical forces in a constrained cellular environment. Here the authors reveal an association between parity and chromosomal damage by analysing karyotypes of 1946 uterine leiomyomas.