Nicolas Samartzis

ORCID: 0000-0003-4340-6337 · 37 papers in corpus
meta-analysis 2022
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-022-01051-9

BACKGROUND: There is a growing body of human, animal and in vitro studies on vitamin D (vit D) substitution in endometriosis. The aim of this systematic review is to critically appraise and qualitatively synthesize the results of the availa…

observational 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.11.016

OBJECTIVE: To describe the anatomical distribution and intraoperative morphology of endosalpingiosis. DESIGN: Retrospective observational video study. SETTING: Data and intraoperative videos were reviewed by two independent reviewers at o…

other 2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11237006

Background: Endosalpingiosis is assumed to be the second most common benign peritoneal pathology after endometriosis in women. Although recent studies indicate a significant association with gynecologic malignancies, many underlying princip…

review 2021
Praxis ·doi:10.1024/1661-8157/a003728

Endosalpingiosis - an Irrelevant Incidental Finding During Laparoscopy? Abstract. Endosalpingiosis refers to the ectopic presence of tubal epithelium. However, this incidental finding received little attention, although it is the second mos…

meta-analysis 2021
Journal of Reproductive Immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2021.103338

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is an inflammatory condition, affecting mainly women of reproductive age. Leptin is a regulator of food intake and energy expenditure, posing pleiotropic actions, and regulating immunity and fertility. The aim of…

review 2021
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-021-01545-5

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is a common clinical entity between women of reproductive age, with a prevalence of about 10%. Due to the variety of endometriosis-associated symptoms, a…

case-report 2019
Case reports in women's health ·doi:10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00132

Torsion of the fallopian tube is when the tube twists on the axis created between the infundibulopelvic ligament and the utero-ovarian ligament. It most commonly presents with appendicitis-like symptoms, such as abdominal pain, nausea and v…

2013
other 2013
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719113488450

Class I histone deacetylases (HDACs-1-3) play an important role in steroid hormone-dependent gene expression and in modulating cell survival and proliferation. We analyzed their expression in a tissue microarray including 74 endometriosis s…

2013
·doi:10.5167/uzh-80794

Class I histone deacetylases (HDACs-1-3) play an important role in steroid hormone-dependent gene expression and in modulating cell survival and proliferation. We analyzed their expression in a tissue microarray including 74 endometriosis s…

observational 2012
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/1477-7827-10-30

BACKGROUND: The G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) is thought to be involved in non-genomic estrogen responses as well as processes such as cell proliferation and migration. In this study, we analyzed GPER expression patterns from e…

other 2012
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc ·doi:10.1038/modpathol.2011.217

Mutations of the tumor-suppressor gene ARID1A result in the loss of protein expression of the BRG-associated factor 250a (BAF250a), a large subunit of transcription-regulating Human SWI/SNF complexes, which have an important role in the con…