Sławomir Wołczyński

Adenomyosis is a common gynaecological disease associated with the presence of endometrial lesions in the uterine myometrium. Estrogens have been proven to be the crucial hormones driving the growth of adenomyosis. Little is known about the…

Bisphenol A (BPA), the most common endocrine-disrupting chemical, has been associated with male reproductive dysfunctions. Recently, it has been shown that BPA may also affect miRNAs expression. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the association …

Endometriosis has been considered as an estrogen (E2)-dependent and progesterone (P4)-resistant disease. On the other hand, lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) has been suggested as a significant modulator of ovarian pathology, acting via both LPA …

CONTEXT: FSH receptor (FSHR), besides being expressed in gonads, is also expressed in some extragonadal tissues at low levels. OBJECTIVE: We examined the functional expression of FSHR in different types of endometriotic lesions. DESIGN: Ext…

Expression of follicle-stimulation hormone receptor (FSHR) is confined to gonads and at low levels to some extragonadal tissues like human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). FSH-FSHR signaling was shown to promote HUVEC angiogenesis …

OBJECTIVE: Infertility seems to be a great worldwide problem. Many publications present the epidemiology of infertility, but the percentage distribution of factors responsible for infertility varies significantly. The objective was to defin…

The authors present the results of 1056 diagnostic laparoscopies carried out from 1989 to 1991 in the Clinic of Gynecology of Medical School in Białystok. Sterility was the leading indication for diagnostic laparoscopies in 92.7% of patient…