Terhi T Piltonen

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus
article 2025
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0045-1814078
other 2024
Biomolecules ·doi:10.3390/biom14111400

(1) Background: Endometriosis is a highly prevalent gynecological disease affecting 10% of women of reproductive age worldwide. miRNAs may play a role in endometriosis, though their exact function remains unclear. This study aimed to identi…

article 2021
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14090

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a common gynecological condition causing chronic pain and infertility. Only limited data exist on body size during childhood and adolescence in affected women. A leaner body shape has been associated with endo…

other 2021
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14210

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis may cause a deterioration of daily functioning due to related symptoms such as pain, fatigue and psychological distress. Accordingly, endometriosis may jeopardize work ability, as suggested in mainly survey-based…

other 2020
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1093/biolre/ioz180

Stanniocalcin-1 (STC-1) is a pro-survival factor that protects tissues against stressors, such as hypoxia and inflammation. STC-1 is co-expressed with the endometrial receptivity markers, and recently endometrial STC-1 was reported to be dy…

article 2018
The journal of pain ·doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2018.02.005

Previous studies have shown increased pain sensitivity in fertile-aged women with endometriosis in response to mechanical stimuli. As yet, population-based studies on the association of endometriosis with pain sensation and pain symptoms in…

article 2016
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1095/biolreprod.115.136010

Human endometrium undergoes cyclic regeneration involving stem/progenitor cells, but the role of resident endometrial mesenchymal stem cells (eMSC) as progenitors of endometrial stromal fibroblasts (eSF) has not been definitively demonstrat…