Christian M. Becker

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common disorder of the reproductive age group, characterised by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue. The disease not only causes enormous suffering to the affected women, but also brings a tremendous me…

Study Question Do genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for endometriosis provide insight into novel biological pathways associated with its pathogenesis? Summary Answer GWAS analysis uncovered multiple pathways that are statistically e…

STUDY QUESTION: Do genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for endometriosis provide insight into novel biological pathways associated with its pathogenesis? SUMMARY ANSWER: GWAS analysis uncovered multiple pathways that are statisticall…

Endometriosis is a heritable hormone-dependent gynecological disorder, associated with severe pelvic pain and reduced fertility; however, its molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here we perform a meta-analysis of 11 genome-wide ass…

STUDY QUESTION: What does this document on the surgical treatment of endometriosis jointly prepared by the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), ESHRE, and the World Endometriosis Society (WES) provide? SUMMARY ANSWER: This…

STUDY QUESTION: What does this document on the surgical treatment of endometriosis jointly prepared by the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), ESHRE, and the World Endometriosis Society (WES) provide? SUMMARY ANSWER: This…

OBJECTIVE: To assess patient response rates to medical therapies used to treat endometriosis-associated pain. DESIGN: A systematic review with the use of Medline and Embase. SETTING: Not applicable. PATIENT(S): Women receiving medical th…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is typically regarded as a premenopausal disease, resolving after natural or iatrogenic menopause due to declining oestrogen levels. Nonetheless, case reports over the years have highlighted the incidence of recurr…

Endometriosis affects 5-10% of premenopausal women causing pelvic pain and impaired fertility. Diagnosis can only be established surgically, thus, less invasive means of diagnosis are urgently needed. Endometriosis has been suggested to ind…

Genome-wide association studies in the fields of reproductive medicine and endocrinology are yielding robust genetic variants associated with disease. Integrated genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic molecular profiling studies are common…

Differentially methylated regions between different menstrual cycle phases. The methylation data of each menstrual cycle phase was compared to other phases. (XLSX 2676 kb)

Functional annotation clustering of hypo- and hypermethylated genes in endometrial tissue using g:profiler bioinformatics tool. The complete lists of DMRs between different menstrual cycle phases was used to create the lists of Gene Ontolog…

Pathway analysis of hypo- and hypermethylated genes in endometrial tissue using g:profiler bioinformatics tool. The complete lists of DMRs between different menstrual cycle phases was used to create the list of Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes a…

Menstrual cycle phase specific genes. The list of late-secretory and menstrual phase specific hyper- and hypomethylated genes. (XLSX 28 kb)

PCR primers used in the methylation validation analysis. PCR primers for the bisulfite-treated DNA were designed using MethPrimer[42]. (XLSX 9 kb)

Endometriosis is a heritable, complex chronic inflammatory disease, for which much of the causal pathogenic mechanism remains unknown. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to date have identified 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms at 10 i…

Pain is the central symptom in endometriosis and often persists despite treatment of the disease. Multiple mechanisms underlie endometriosis-associated pain including nociception, inflammation, and alterations in peripheral and central nerv…

Background: Alterations in endometrial DNA methylation profile have been proposed as one potential mechanism initiating the development of endometriosis. However, the normal endometrial methylome is influenced by the cyclic hormonal changes…

The 3rd International Consensus Workshop on Research Priorities in Endometriosis was held in São Paulo on May 4, 2014, following the 12th World Congress on Endometriosis. The workshop was attended by 60 participants from 19 countries and wa…