Velarde MC

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2009-2025

Study types

  • article 4
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • infertility 2
2025
Acta medica Philippina ·doi:10.47895/amp.vi0.9007

Background and objectiveEndocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are ubiquitously found as low-level contaminants and pose serious threat to women's health. EDCs may result in various reproductive disorders, fetal birth and developmental abnor…

article 2015
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1095/biolreprod.115.130260

Krüppel-like Factor (KLF) 13 and the closely related KLF9 are members of the Sp/KLF family of transcription factors that have collectively emerged as essential regulators of tissue development, differentiation, proliferation, and programmed…

article 2012
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2011-2562

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is characterized by progesterone resistance and associated with infertility. Krüppel-like factor 9 (KLF9) is a progesterone receptor (PGR)-interacting protein, and mice null for Klf9 are subfertile. Whether loss of KL…

review 2010
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0029-1242994

Progesterone plays an important role in regulating multiple events in the uterus. It controls endometrial proliferation and differentiation, which are important for uterine function. Dysregulation of progesterone signaling leads to impaired…

2010
The Journal of endocrinology ·doi:10.1677/joe-09-0474

Inappropriate early exposure of the hormone-responsive uterus to estrogenic compounds is associated with increased risk for adult reproductive diseases including endometrial cancers. While the dysregulation of estrogen receptor-alpha (ESR1)…

article 2009
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/en.2009-0389

Endometriosis is characterized by endometrial tissue growth outside the uterus, due primarily to survival, proliferation, and neoangiogenesis of eutopic endometrial cells and fragments refluxed into the peritoneal cavity during menses. Alth…

article 2009
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/en.2009-0008

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disorder primarily associated with pelvic pain and infertility in up to 10% of women of reproductive age. Recent studies suggest that resistance to progesterone action may contribute to the development…