Maire Peters

The endometrium undergoes extensive changes to prepare for embryo implantation and microRNAs (miRNAs) have been described as playing a significant role in the regulation of endometrial receptivity. However, there is no consensus about the m…

microRNA (miRNA) expression level alterations between endometrial tissue and endometriotic lesions indicate their involvement in endometriosis pathogenesis. However, as both endometrium and endometriotic lesions consist of different cell ty…

Alterations in the DNA methylation pattern of endometriotic lesions and endometrium of endometriosis patients have been proposed as one potential factor accompanying the endometriosis development. Although many differentially methylated gen…

BACKGROUND: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is an orphan neoplasm commonly characterized by pulmonary metastases consisting of smooth muscle cells. Patients with BML have usually a current or previous uterine leiomyoma, which is theref…

In order to uncover miRNA changes in endometriosis pathogenesis, both endometriotic lesions and endometrial biopsies, as well as stromal and epithelial cells isolated from these tissues have been investigated and a large number of dysregula…

The inner uterine lining (endometrium) is a unique tissue going through remarkable changes each menstrual cycle. Endometrium has its characteristic DNA methylation profile, although not much is known about the endometrial methylome changes …

The aetiology of endometriosis is still unclear and to find mechanisms behind the disease development, it is important to study each cell type from endometrium and ectopic lesions independently. The objective of this study was to uncover co…

Endometrioosi diagnoosimiseks puuduvad siiani mitteinvasiivsed ja minimaalselt invasiivsed biomarkerid ning haiguse diagnoos põhineb peamiselt laparoskoopilisel operatsioonil ja endometrioosikollete histoloogilisel uuringul. Kuigi endometri…

Genome-wide association studies in the fields of reproductive medicine and endocrinology are yielding robust genetic variants associated with disease. Integrated genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic molecular profiling studies are common…

Differentially methylated regions between women with endometriosis and healthy women. The methylation data of all patients was compared to controls. Menstrual cycle day has not been taken into account. (XLSX 15 kb)

Differentially methylated regions between different menstrual cycle phases. The methylation data of each menstrual cycle phase was compared to other phases. (XLSX 2676 kb)

Functional annotation clustering of hypo- and hypermethylated genes in endometrial tissue using g:profiler bioinformatics tool. The complete lists of DMRs between different menstrual cycle phases was used to create the lists of Gene Ontolog…

Pathway analysis of hypo- and hypermethylated genes in endometrial tissue using g:profiler bioinformatics tool. The complete lists of DMRs between different menstrual cycle phases was used to create the list of Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes a…

Menstrual cycle phase specific genes. The list of late-secretory and menstrual phase specific hyper- and hypomethylated genes. (XLSX 28 kb)

PCR primers used in the methylation validation analysis. PCR primers for the bisulfite-treated DNA were designed using MethPrimer[42]. (XLSX 9 kb)

Background: Alterations in endometrial DNA methylation profile have been proposed as one potential mechanism initiating the development of endometriosis. However, the normal endometrial methylome is influenced by the cyclic hormonal changes…

BACKGROUND: Alterations in endometrial DNA methylation profile have been proposed as one potential mechanism initiating the development of endometriosis. However, the normal endometrial methylome is influenced by the cyclic hormonal changes…

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether circulating micro-RNA (miR) 200a, miR-200b, and miR-141 have altered levels in patients with endometriosis compared with control individuals. DESIGN: Experimental laboratory study. SETTING: University. PAT…

Endometriosis is a prevalent health condition in women of reproductive age characterized by ectopic growth of endometrial-like tissue in the extrauterine environment. Thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease…

AIM: To evaluate the effects of combined treatment approaches on endometriosis-associated infertility in different stages of endometriosis using laparoscopy, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist (GnRHa) therapy and in vitro fertili…

Uuringu eesmärk. Töö eesmärgiks oli anda ülevaade aastatel 2005–2008 endometrioosile viitavate kaebustega naistearsti vastuvõtule pöördunud ning diagnostilise laparoskoopia/laparotoomia läbinud patsientide küsitluslehtede andmetest ning lei…

Accumulating data have shown the involvement of microRNAs (miRNAs) in endometriosis pathogenesis. In this study, we used a novel approach to determine the endometriotic lesion-specific miRNAs by high-throughput small RNA sequencing of paire…

Normal physiological variables, such as age and gender, contribute to alterations in circulating microRNA (miRNA) expression levels. The changes in the female body during the menstrual cycle can also be reflected in plasma miRNA expression …

BACKGROUND: De novo somatic copy number aberrations (SCNAs) in eutopic and ectopic endometria are thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. In this study we used, for the first time, high-density single nucleotide polymor…