Franca Castiglione
ORCID: 0000-0003-2413-8808
· 7 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2026
Abstract Background Endometriosis is a chronic disease affecting millions of women worldwide, characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial-like tissue. While the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) has been linked to …
observational
2024
OBJECTIVES: To explore the imaging features and the molecular characterization of adenomyosis after menopause. STUDY DESIGN: An observational cross-sectional study was performed in a group of postmenopausal patients undergoing a transvagin…
other
2023
OBJECTIVE: To study the molecular mechanisms responsible for fibrosis in endometriosis by investigating whether the protein expression levels of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 3 (S1PR3), one of the five specific receptors of the bioactive…
other
2022
RESEARCH QUESTION: Is sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) pathway involved in the process of fibrosis in adenomyosis? DESIGN: RNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded slices collected from the ectopic endometrium of patients with nodular adenomy…
other
2020
OBJECTIVE: To study the molecular mechanisms involved in the appearance of the fibrotic trait in endometriosis by investigating whether the signaling pathway of the bioactive sphingolipid sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) was altered in endomet…
case-report
2014
We report a rare case of rectus abdominis muscle endometriosis excised under ultrasound guidance. A 36-year-old woman came to our observation presenting an abdominal nodule located in the right side of the umbilical area. Ultrasound of the …
other
2005
Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), MMP-2, and MMP-9 expression with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction were analyzed in endometriotic and nonendometriotic ovarian cysts. Although MMP-1 was not detected, MMP-9 and MMP-2 were e…