Sofia Xanthoulea

ORCID: 0000-0003-4700-3404 · 4 papers in corpus
review 2019
Endometriotic cell culture contamination and authenticity: a source of bias in in vitro research?
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dez266

STUDY QUESTION: Are the primary cell cultures and cell lines used in endometriosis research of sufficient quality? SUMMARY ANSWER: Primary cells used in endometriosis research lack purity and phenotypic characterisation, and cell lines are …

2018
Intracrine Regulation of Estrogen and Other Sex Steroid Levels in Endometrium and Non-gynecological Tissues; Pathology, Physiology, and Drug Discovery.
Frontiers in pharmacology ·doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00940

Our understanding of the intracrine (or local) regulation of estrogen and other steroid synthesis and degradation expanded in the last decades, also thanks to recent technological advances in chromatography mass-spectrometry. Estrogen respo…

article 2012
ENDOMETRIOSIS, ENDOMETRIUM, IMPLANTATION AND FALLOPIAN TUBE
·doi:10.1093/humrep/27.s2.78
article 2012
Towards Endometriosis Diagnosis by Gadofosveset-Trisodium Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033241

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. It affects 10-15% of women during reproductive age and has a big personal and social impact due to chronic pelvic pain, subfertility, loss of work-hours and …