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…
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, …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 (…
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…