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It is expected that such regeneration is ensured by tissue stem cells, but their location and hierarchy remain debatable. A number of recent studies have suggested the presence of stem cells in the mouse endometrial epithelium. At the same time, it has been reported that this tissue can be regenerated by stem cells of stromal\/mesenchymal or bone marrow cell origin. Here, we describe a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the main cell types of the mouse uterus and epithelial subset transcriptome and evaluate the contribution of epithelial cells expressing the transcription factor PAX8 to the homeostatic regeneration and malignant transformation of adult endometrial epithelium. According to lineage tracing, PAX8+ epithelial cells are responsible for long-term maintenance of both luminal and glandular epithelium. Furthermore, multicolor tracing shows that individual glands and contiguous areas of luminal epithelium are formed by clonal cell expansion. Inactivation of the tumor suppressor genes Trp53 and Rb1 in PAX8+ cells, but not in FOXJ1+ cells, leads to the formation of neoplasms with features of serous endometrial carcinoma, one of the most aggressive types of human endometrial malignancies. Taken together, our results show that the progeny of single PAX8+ cells represents the main source of regeneration of the adult endometrial epithelium. They also provide direct experimental genetic evidence for the key roles of the P53 and RB pathways in the pathogenesis of serous endometrial carcinoma and suggest that PAX8+ cells represent the cell of origin of this neoplasm.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/dmm.047035","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,30]],"date-time":"2020-09-30T11:07:01Z","timestamp":1601464021000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Cells expressing PAX8 are the main source of homeostatic regeneration of adult mouse endometrial epithelium and give rise to serous endometrial carcinoma"],"prefix":"10.1242","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Dah-Jiun","family":"Fu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cornell University 1 Department of Biomedical Sciences , , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"},{"name":"Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University 2 , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9985-2638","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea J.","family":"De Micheli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University 2 , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"},{"name":"Cornell University 3 Cornell Stem Cell Program , , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9080-8737","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mallikarjun","family":"Bidarimath","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cornell University 1 Department of Biomedical Sciences , , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"},{"name":"Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University 2 , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lora H.","family":"Ellenson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 4 , New York, NY 10065 , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2164-350X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Benjamin D.","family":"Cosgrove","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University 2 , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"},{"name":"Cornell University 3 Cornell Stem Cell Program , , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3017-1399","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Flesken-Nikitin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cornell University 1 Department of Biomedical Sciences , , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"},{"name":"Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University 2 , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3729-7982","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexander Yu.","family":"Nikitin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cornell University 1 Department of Biomedical Sciences , , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"},{"name":"Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University 2 , Ithaca, NY 14853 , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"237","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024061302310010500_DMM047035C1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"530","DOI":"10.1038\/modpathol.3800057","article-title":"Molecular characterization of uterine clear cell carcinoma","volume":"17","author":"An","year":"2004","journal-title":"Mod. 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