Marı́a Cecilia Johnson

ORCID: 0000-0002-5102-2504 · 9 papers in corpus · active 2005-2017

Study types

  • article 9

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • mesh:D004715 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • infertility 1
  • endometrioma 1
article 2017
hCG activates Epac-Erk1/2 signaling regulating Progesterone Receptor expression and function in human endometrial stromal cells
·doi:10.1093/molehr/gax015

STUDY QUESTION: How does hCG signal in human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) and what is its role in regulating ESC function? SUMMARY ANSWER: hCG signaling in ESCs activates the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2 (Erk1/…

article 2015
Nerve Fibres Detection in Paired Eutopic and Ectopic Endometria from Women with Endometriosis: Correlation with Nerve Growth Factor Expression
·doi:10.4236/ojog.2015.57060

Endometriosis, disorder characterized by the presence of endometrium outside the uterus cavity, is associated with chronic pelvic pain. Nerve growth factor (NGF) participates in development, repair and survival of neurons. We evaluated NGF …

article 2014
Prevalencia de la endometriosis en mujeres sometidas a esterilización quirúrgica laparoscópica en un hospital de Santiago de Chile
Revista medica de Chile ·doi:10.4067/s0034-98872014000100003

BACKGROUND: The clinical manifestations of endometriosis are infertility, dysmenorrhea, sexuality disturbances, and chronic pelvic pain. It is the cause of 30 to 50% of infertility cases. In developed countries, the prevalence of endometrio…

article 2013
TNF system in eutopic endometrium from women with endometriosis
·doi:10.4236/ojog.2013.32051

The role of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) system in endometriosis is not completely clear and therefore was the focus of this study. In eutopic endometria obtained from women with (n = 41) and without (controls; n = 34) endometriosis duri…

article 2010
P450Arom induction in isolated control endometrial cells by peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.036
article 2009
Association between MMP1 and MMP9 activities and ICAM1 cleavage induced by tumor necrosis factor in stromal cell cultures from eutopic endometria of women with endometriosis
·doi:10.1530/rep-09-0196

Abstract Endometriosis is a benign gynecological pathology in which immune system deregulation may play a role in its initiation and progression. In endometriotic lesions, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1) is released from the cell …

article 2009
Nuclear factor κB pathway and interleukin-6 are affected in eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-08-0407

In order to investigate the role of the nuclear factor kappaB (NFKB) pathway on gene expression in the eutopic endometrium in endometriosis, and in particular of interleukin-6 (IL6), we evaluated RELA, IkappaB kinase (CHUK), NFKBIA and IL6 …

article 2009
Peritoneal Fluid Obtained from Women with Endometriosis Induces CYP19A1 Expression in Isolated Control Endometrial Cells.
·doi:10.1093/biolreprod/81.s1.368

Endometriosis patients commonly present altered volume and composition of peritoneal fluid (PF) and also, an endometrial estrogenic micro-environment as consequence of anomalous CYP19A1 expression. This gene is positively regulated by NR5A1…

article 2005
Augmented cell survival in eutopic endometrium from women with endometriosis: Expression of c-myc, TGF-beta1 and bax genes
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/1477-7827-3-45

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disorder characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus. The fragments in normal menstruation are composed of necrotic and living cells, which do not survive in…