Athanassakis I

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 2001-2016

Study types

  • article 5
  • other 2
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • infertility 5
other 2016
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/REP-16-0290

l-Carnitine (l-Cn), despite the beneficial role as energy-generating substance delivering long-chain fatty acids to the β-oxidation pathway in mitochondria, has been accused to cause an endometriosis-like state to BALB/c mice manifested by …

other 2011
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.04.091

L-carnitine, when administered to young female mice, has been shown to induce a pathologic condition resembling human endometriosis accompanied by a marked degree of infertility. Thus, the use of this nutrient by young women may be a potent…

review 2008
Recent patents on inflammation & allergy drug discovery ·doi:10.2174/187221308784543629

Endometriosis is so far considered as an incurable inflammatory disease. The ectopical implants of endometrial cells proliferate, increase in size and thereafter bleed following the menstrual cycle. The accumulated blood aggravates the situ…

article 2005
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2004.12.002

During the past decade, accumulated evidence indicates an association between endometriosis and an alteration of humoral and cell-mediated immunity. While the role of L-carnitine in the regulation of energy metabolism is well established, i…

review 2005
Clinical & developmental immunology ·doi:10.1080/17402520500125484

Endometriosis is tightly linked to infertility which is manifested at very early or more advanced stages of the gestational cycle. Alteration on the production of a great number of cytokines/growth factors can be accused for problems on ovu…

article 2003
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation ·doi:10.1016/s1071-5576(02)00261-7

ObjectiveAn increased incidence of endometriosis in the first-degree relatives of patients with endometriosis has been reported, suggesting a familial predisposition and possible genetic influence. In this study, we present a family with fo…

article 2003
International immunopharmacology ·doi:10.1016/s1567-5769(02)00216-3

Endometriosis is a common gynecologic syndrome of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. Growth factors and inflammatory mediators produced by peritoneal leukocytes have recently been postulated to participate in the pathogenesis of endometrios…

article 2001
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/s0165-0378(01)00064-x

Adhesion molecules regulate the interaction of cells with the extracellular matrix and/or other cells. The intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1; CD54) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily and expressed by several cell types, i…

article 2001
Mediators of inflammation ·doi:10.1080/09629350120054545

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is defined as an inflammatory condition of the female reproductive tract, a state often associated with infertility and miscarriage. Many exogenously administered factors (treatments) control the disease via as yet…