Anna Starzinski‐Powitz

Anna Starzinski-Powitz grew up in Mainz, Germany, and obtained her undergraduate training from the university there, completing her diploma (equivalent to a masters degree) in 1975. She obtained her PhD thesis in cellular immunology under t…

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent and chronic disease with an unknown etiology and pathogenesis. It is however likely and well accepted that retrograde menstruation of endometrial cells into the pelvic cavity is the origin of this dise…

Endometriosis is defined by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Clinical and basic research in endometriosis has been hampered severely by the lack of accurate noninvasive diagnostic techniques. Transvaginal ultrasonograp…

Studies of molecular, cellular, and pathophysiological parameters in endometriosis are primarily hampered by a lack of in vitro model systems, such as endometriotic cell lines. To overcome this we successfully established cell lines from pe…

Endometriosis, defined histologically as the presence of endometrium-like glands and stroma outside the uterus, is a chronic, invasive and metastasising disease. It shares features with malignant tumours (invasion and metastasis) but is not…

The aetiology and pathogenesis of endometriosis, defined as the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, is largely unknown. In this paper we present and discuss possibilities to study the putative pathogenic properti…

Endometriosis is one of the most frequent diseases in gynecology. It is a histologically defined nonmalignant disease in which endometrium-like tissue is found outside the uterus (for example, peritoneum, gut, or lung). The pathogenesis of …