Luca Mastracci

ORCID: 0000-0003-0193-5281 · 6 papers in corpus · active 2015-2018

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 2
  • preprint 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
article 2018
Journal of pain research ·doi:10.2147/jpr.s163611

Background: It has been repetitively shown that the transcription factors DLX5 and DLX6 are drastically downregulated in endometriotic lesions when compared with eutopic endometrium. These findings suggest that regulatory cascades involving…

preprint 2018
·doi:10.1101/251397

Capsule Comparative analysis of gene expression signatures from endometriosis and mouse models shows that CACNAα2δs calcium-channel components involved in nociception are targets for the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain. Context D…

other 2016
Human molecular genetics ·doi:10.1093/hmg/ddv452

Dlx5 and Dlx6 are two closely associated homeobox genes which code for transcription factors involved in the control of steroidogenesis and reproduction. Inactivation of Dlx5/6 in the mouse results in a Leydig cell defect in the male and in…

review 2015
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy ·doi:10.1517/14656566.2015.1085510

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic disease requiring long-term therapy. Therefore, the choice of medical treatment should be based on efficacy, preference of patients, incidence and severity of adverse effects and …

other 2015
Digestion ·doi:10.1159/000430908

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Endometriosis of the intestinal tract (IE) is thought to mimic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) both clinically and pathologically but robust data on a large unselected series are missing. Diagnostic problems arise both at …

article 2015