Walsh, Dana M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8919-0079
Hokenstad, Alexis N.
Chen, Jun
Sung, Jaeyun
Jenkins, Gregory D.
Chia, Nicholas
Nelson, Heidi
Mariani, Andrea
Walther-Antonio, Marina R. S.
Article History
Received: 30 July 2019
Accepted: 29 November 2019
First Online: 16 December 2019
Competing interests
: The authors declare the following competing interests: The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (inventors Andrea Mariani, Nicholas Chia and Marina Walther-Antonio) applied for a patent application “Methods and Materials for Treating Endometrial Cancer”, US 2017/0260571 A1 (published September 14<sup>th</sup>, 2017). The use of <i>Porphyrmonas somerae</i> and accompanying microbiota as biomarkers for the detection of endometrial cancer is covered in the patent. Marina Walther-Antonio is a member of the scientific advisory board of LUCA Biologics, Inc. on research related to urinary tract infections, preterm birth, and reproductive medicine. These activities do not overlap with the research presented here.