R Arffman

ORCID: 0000-0003-3277-9293 · 10 papers in corpus
other 2026
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deag127

STUDY QUESTION: Does the endometrium of oligo-ovulatory women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) exhibit menstrual cycle phase-specific transcriptomic alterations compared to women without PMOS? SUMMARY ANSWER: Compared t…

lab-animal 2025
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deaf113

STUDY QUESTION: Are we able to establish endometrium epithelial organoids (EEOs) from endometrial samples obtained from women with PCOS, and do they differ from non-PCOS EEOs? SUMMARY ANSWER: We were able to establish, for the first time, …

other 2025
American Journal of Epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/kwae230

The Women's Health Study (WENDY) was conducted to improve insights into women's health and health burden. It provides a unique, comprehensive data source that can be broadly utilized to understand gynecological symptoms, diseases, and their…

diagnostic-accuracy 2023
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-023-40991-z

Expressional profiling of the endometrium enables the personalised timing of the window of implantation (WOI). This study presents and evaluates a novel analytical pipeline based on a TAC-seq (Targeted Allele Counting by sequencing) method …

rct 2022
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deac250

STUDY QUESTION: Does an estradiol-based combined oral contraceptive (COC) have a milder effect on the serum proteome than an ethinylestradiol (EE)-based COC or dienogest (DNG) only? SUMMARY ANSWER: The changes in serum proteome were multif…

observational 2022
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14382

INTRODUCTION: This population-based follow-up study investigated the comorbidities, medication use, and healthcare services among women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at age 46 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study population deriv…

other 2021
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95705-0

Hyperandrogenic women with PCOS show disrupted decidualization (DE) and placentation. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is reported to enhance DE in non-PCOS endometrial stromal cells (eSCCtrl); however, this has not been assessed in PCOS cells (eS…

observational 2021
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14210

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis may cause a deterioration of daily functioning due to related symptoms such as pain, fatigue and psychological distress. Accordingly, endometriosis may jeopardize work ability, as suggested in mainly survey-based…

rct 2020
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaa186

CONTEXT: Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) alter inflammatory status and lipid metabolism. Whether different estrogens have different effects is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: We compared the effects of COCs containing ethinyl estradiol (…

other 2020
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1093/biolre/ioz180

Stanniocalcin-1 (STC-1) is a pro-survival factor that protects tissues against stressors, such as hypoxia and inflammation. STC-1 is co-expressed with the endometrial receptivity markers, and recently endometrial STC-1 was reported to be dy…