M. Zahied Johan

ORCID: 0000-0003-3053-8509 · 6 papers in corpus · active 2009-2025

Study types

  • article 4
  • dissertation 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • mesh:D004715 3
  • dysmenorrhea 1
article 2025
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gaaf022

Endometriosis, defined as the growth of endometrial-like tissues outside the uterus, is a common disease among women. Numerous in vivo rodent models of endometriosis have been developed to explore multiple aspects of this poorly understood …

article 2015
The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.01.010
dissertation 2014

Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease characterised by the growth of endometrial tissues at ectopic sites. Although this disease affects 10-15% of women worldwide, its pathogenesis is still poorly understood. Human eutopic endometrial t…

other 2012
The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.11.013

Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFB1) is a multifunctional cytokine that is abundant in both endometriotic lesions and the peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis. However, the role of TGFB1 in the development of endometriosis is as ye…

article 2010
·doi:10.1071/srb10abs133

Endometriosis causes subfertility, pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea, and affects 10% of women of reproductive age globally. The pathology of endometriosis is still poorly understood; however microarray data from a mouse model revealed transform…

article 2009
·doi:10.1071/srb09abs507

TGFβ is likely to significantly influence endometriotic lesion development, as TGFβ KO/SCID mice with no host-derived TGFβ activity have smaller human ectopic endometrial lesions than control mice. TGFβ potentially acts via RUNX2, a transcr…