Ana Maria Sanchez

No ORCID on file · 13 papers in corpus · active 2014-2018

Study types

  • article 8
  • review 4
  • meta-analysis 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 11
  • mesh:D004715 9
  • endometrioma 4
  • infertility 3
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
review 2018
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms19082320

Growing evidence supports a role of vitamin D (VD) in reproductive health. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is expressed in the ovary, endometrium, and myometrium. The biological actions of VD in fertility and reproductive tissues have been investi…

meta-analysis 2017
Journal of ovarian research ·doi:10.1186/s13048-017-0341-4

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory condition that affects women in their reproductive period causing infertility and pelvic pain. The disease, especially at the ovarian site has been shown to have a detrimental impa…

article 2016
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719116630414
review 2016
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology ·doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.07.023

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory condition that affects women in their reproductive period. Alterations in ovarian follicle morphology and function have been documented in affected women. The local intrafollicular…

article 2016

previous genome-wide association studies confirm vezatin as the locus with the strongest evidence for association with endometriosis

article 2016

Ovarian endometriomas are found in a consistent proportion of patients with endometriosis and are associated with a more severe form of the disease. The endometriotic tissue lining the inside of the endometrioma has been extensively studied…

article 2016

Endometriosis is caused by the displacement of endometrium outside the uterus contributing heavily to infertility and debilitating pelvic pain. Ectopic adhesion and growth are believed to occur under the influence of a favorable hormonal en…

article 2016

Ovarian endometriomas are found in a consistent proportion of patients with endometriosis and are associated with a more severe form of the disease. The endometriotic tissue lining the inside of the endometrioma has been extensively studied…

article 2015
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2015.01.021
review 2015
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dev022

STUDY QUESTION: Is it possible to replicate the genetic association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs13394619, rs4141819, rs7739264, rs17694933 and rs10859871 in five genetic loci previously identified as associated with endometr…

article 2015
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719115578930
article 2014
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/det466

STUDY QUESTION: Does the iron content of an endometrioma represent a potential source of toxicity for the adjacent follicles? SUMMARY ANSWER: The presence of an endometrioma increases iron and H/L ferritin levels, and transferrin receptor (…

review 2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114529374