Theoharides TC

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2004-2015

Study types

  • review 2
  • article 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • interstitial_cystitis 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
  • infertility 1
2015
Genitourinary mast cells and survival.
Translational andrology and urology ·doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2015.10.04

Mast cells (MCs) are ubiquitous in the body, but they have historically been associated with allergies, and most recently with regulation of immunity and inflammation. However, it remains a puzzle why so many MCs are located in the dienceph…

2013
Key role of CRF in the skin stress response system.
Endocrine reviews ·doi:10.1210/er.2012-1092

The discovery of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) or CRH defining the upper regulatory arm of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, along with the identification of the corresponding receptors (CRFRs 1 and 2), represents a mile…

review 2007
Neuroendocrine–immune disequilibrium and endometriosis: an interdisciplinary approach
Seminars in immunopathology ·doi:10.1007/s00281-007-0077-0

Endometriosis, a chronic disease characterized by endometrial tissue located outside the uterine cavity, affects one fourth of young women and is associated with chronic pelvic pain and infertility. However, an in-depth understanding of the…

review 2007
Treatment approaches for painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis
Drugs ·doi:10.2165/00003495-200767020-00004

Painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis (PBS/IC) is a disease of unknown aetiology, characterised by severe pressure and pain in the bladder area or lower pelvis that is frequently or typically relieved by voiding, along with urgency…

article 2004
Increased Numbers of Activated Mast Cells in Endometriosis Lesions Positive for Corticotropin‐Releasing Hormone and Urocortin
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00224.x

PROBLEM: Mast cells are critical in allergic and inflammatory diseases such as interstitial cystitis, which is often clinically associated with or mistaken as endometriosis. Mast cells had previously been reported to be increased at sites o…