ObjectiveTo study the function of syndecan-1 (SDC1) and its potential regulator miR-10b in endometriosis.DesignExperimental laboratory study.SettingUniversity medical center.Patient(s)Not applicable.Intervention(s)The human endometriotic ce…
The pathogenesis and etiology of endometriosis are difficult to dissect experimentally and remain a challenging problem both clinically and scientifically. The basis of improved understanding is better knowledge of its cell biology. Therefo…
BACKGROUND: Novel therapeutic approaches for endometriosis based on molecular strategies may prove to be useful. Conditionally replicative adenoviruses (CRAds) are designed to exploit key differences between target and normal cells. The wil…
OBJECTIVE(S): To determine whether nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is constitutively and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-dependently activated in endometriotic cells, whether trichostatin A (TSA) can suppress NF-kappaB activation and suppress…
Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. We recently reported that inhibition of COX-2 decreased migration as well as invasion of human endometriotic epithelial and stromal cells. Results of the …
Endometriosis is a debilitating disease affects up to 20% of reproductive age women characterized by the presence of functional endometrial glandular epithelium and stroma outside the uterine cavity that results in chronic pelvic pain and i…
Endometriosis is a benign chronic gynecological disease of reproductive-age women characterized by the presence of functional endometrial tissues outside the uterine cavity. It is an estrogen-dependent disease. Current treatment modalities …
Endometriosis is a benign chronic gynecological disease of reproductive age women characterized by the presence of functional endometrial tissues outside the uterine cavity. It is an estrogen-dependent disease. Current treatment modalities …
Treatment of immortalized stromal-like and epithelial-like endometriotic cells with capsaicin resulted in inhibition of proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, endometriotic cells are more sensitive to capsaicin trea…
ObjectiveTo determine whether a mixed population of immortalized human endometriosis epithelial and stromal cells is able to induce peritoneal endometriosis in nude mice.DesignProspective experimental study. Human immortalized endometriosis…
Endometriosis is one of the most common causes of chronic pelvic pain, which affects over 70 million adult and adolescent women worldwide. The pathophysiology of endometriosis involves endocrine, inflammatory and angiogenic components and t…
Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of elevated proinflammatory cytokines like TNFα in the peritoneal cavity. Inhibition of TNFα by TNF binding protein-1 (TBP-1), the soluble form of TNFα receptor-1, was effective in animal model…
Endometriosis is a debilitating disease characterized by the presence of functional endometrial glandular epithelium and stroma outside the uterine cavity that affects up to 20% of women of child-bearing age. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), a rat…
ObjectiveTo determine whether immortalized endometriotic cells can be used as potential models to unravel pathophysiology/pathogenesis of endometriosis in humans.DesignIn vitro study. Human immortalized endometriotic epithelial and stromal …
Endometriosis is a debilitating disease affects up to 20% of reproductive age women characterized by the presence of functional endometrial glandular epithelium and stroma out side the uterine cavity. The pathophysiology of endometriosis re…
The promoter of P receptor isoform B (PR-B) has recently been shown to be hypermethylated in endometriotic tissues, but one question remains as what causes the aberrant methylation. We show that sustained stimulation of an epithelial-like e…
Endometriosis is a debilitating disease affects up to 20% of reproductive age women characterized by the presence of functional endometrial glandular epithelium and stroma out side the uterine cavity. The pathophysiology of endometriosis re…
The objective of this study is to determine whether trichostatin A (TSA) can suppress the invasiveness of 2 endometriotic cell lines known to be invasive and E-cadherin negative. The membrane invasion culture system was used to assess cell …
ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of oxytocin receptor (OTR) in peritoneal and ovarian endometriotic lesions.DesignRetrospective nonrandomized study.SettingUniversity hospital endometriosis research center.Patient(s)Premenopausal women…