Amin S

ORCID: 0000-0001-5160-5702 · 9 papers in corpus · active 2002-2025

Study types

  • review 3

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
2025
Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications ·doi:10.2147/cpaa.s542721

Red yeast rice (RYR) is an Asian indigenous medicine that ferments Oryza sativa grains using the Monascus fungi, specifically Monascus purpureus. Monacolins, pigments, phenols, sterols, and benzopyrans, such as the mycotoxin citrinin, were …

2025
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines13112766

Within the field of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), embryologists regularly face the critical task of identifying embryos with the highest likelihood of implantation and survival. To help aid and standardize this practice, many e…

2024
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms25052730

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), a diverse group of cell-derived exocytosed particles, are pivotal in mediating intercellular communication due to their ability to selectively transfer biomolecules to specific cell types. EVs, composed of prot…

2023
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2022.0488

Objectives: To assist with planning a congressionally requested conference on women's health research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) invited comments to characterize public concerns rela…

2017
Journal of reproduction & infertility

BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to evaluate whether clinical pregnancy rate is affected by timing intrauterine insemination (IUI) according to serum LH surge, r-hCG trigger, or a combination of LH surge and r-hCG trigger in controll…

2007
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology ·doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2007.05.027

Pathogenesis and growth of three common women's cancers (breast, endometrium and ovary) are linked to estrogen. A single gene encodes the key enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis named aromatase, inhibition of which effectively eliminates estro…

review 2005
Pharmacological reviews ·doi:10.1124/pr.57.3.6

A single gene encodes the key enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis termed aromatase, inhibition of which effectively eliminates estrogen production. Aromatase inhibitors successfully treat breast cancer and endometriosis, whereas their roles in…

review 2004
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-2004-823026

Aromatase p450 (p450arom) is the key enzyme for biosynthesis of estrogen, which is an essential hormone for the establishment and growth of endometriosis. There is no detectable aromatase enzyme activity in normal endometrium; therefore, es…

review 2002
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/s0165-0378(01)00132-2

Estrogen is produced in a number of human tissues including the ovary, placenta and extraglandular sites such as adipose tissue, skin and the brain. Aromatase is the key enzyme that regulates estrogen formation in these tissues. Aromatase a…