Pia M. Martensen

ORCID: 0000-0002-1259-0226 · 7 papers in corpus · active 2010-2016

Study types

  • article 5
  • book-chapter 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2016
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2016.01.003
article 2016

Transcriptional expression of type-I interferon response genes and stability of housekeeping genes in the human endometrium and endometriosis

book-chapter 2012
·doi:10.5772/30098

Endometriosis is a chronic disease in which endometrium-like lesions are located ectopically, frequently in the pelvic cavity but also in more distant regions. It has been estimated that 5 to 10% of fertile women are suffering from the dise…

other 2012
article 2011
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gar049

Endometriosis displays some features that resemble malignant processes, including invasive growth, resistance to apoptosis and distant implantation. The objective of this study was to investigate whether gene alterations that are frequent i…

article 2010
Archives of virology ·doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0643-y

The chronic female disease endometriosis causes debilitating pain and lowered fertility. The aetiology is unknown, but indications of an infectious agent are present. This study investigates the possible involvement of a pathogenic virus in…

article 2010
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gaq100

Endometriosis is a painful chronic female disease defined by the presence of endometrial tissue implants in ectopic (Ec) locations. The pathogenesis is much debated, and type-I interferons (IFNs) could be involved. The expression of genes o…