Johanna Sundqvist

ORCID: 0000-0002-8316-972X · 3 papers in corpus
article 2012
Analysis of common variations in tumor-suppressor genes on chr1p36 among Caucasian women with endometriosis
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.08.013

ObjectiveEpidemiological data indicate that endometriosis increases the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), but the mechanism of cancer transition is unknown. Results from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and transcriptome sequen…

dissertation 2011
Pathophysiological factors and genetic association in endometriosis

Introduction: Endometriosis is a common benign gynecological disease where endometrial tissue forms lesions outside the uterine cavity. Endometriosis is estimated to affect about 10% of women of reproductive age, rising to 20-40% in patient…

article 2010
Endometriosis and autoimmune disease: association of susceptibility to moderate/severe endometriosis with CCL21 and HLA-DRB1
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1060

This study investigates the association of rheumatoid arthritis-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms in endometriosis. We found an association of CCL21 (rs2812378) and HLA-DRB1 (rs660895) with moderate to severe endometriosis.