Ines Beyer

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent, inflammatory condition which affects women of reproductive age physically and psychologically in their everyday life. The most common symptom is chronic lower abdominal pain. Apart…

Abstract Endometriosis is a hormone-related, chronic inflammation in women of childbearing age. The aetiology and pathogenesis of endometriosis are not yet fully understood. For other illnesses classed as lifestyle diseases, the link betwee…

Einleitung Die Endometriose ist eine Erkrankung der geschlechtsreifen Frau. Sie wird durch das Vorkommen von ektopem endometrialen Drüsengewebe und Stroma außerhalb des Cavum uteri definiert. Bezüglich der Ätiologie werden verschiedene Theo…

To investigate possible differences in the gene expression of eutopic endometrium of healthy women compared to the eutopic endometrium of endometriosis patients with a special emphasis on stem cell-associated genes.

Introduction: Endometriosis is one of the most common and, yet, underdiagosed disease in reproductive age women. Patients show very divergent signs of pain from none to severe with a magnitude mostly not correlated to the extent of the dise…

Can decidualization be induced in endometrial stromal cells of endometriosis patients independent from the progesterone receptor pathway?

INTRODUCTION: Radical resection of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), including bladder and bowel resection, provides relief from pain in symptomatic patients. The laparoscopic approach to treatment is well established for bowel resecti…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-targeted gene therapy for the treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: Analysis of the VEGF gene expression and promoter activity in ectopic and eutopic endometrium. Evaluation …