Lipedema is a chronic, estrogen-sensitive adipose tissue disorder characterized by disproportionate subcutaneous fat accumulation, fibrosis, inflammation, and resistance to fat mobilization. Despite its high prevalence, lipedema remains poorly understood and …
Endometriosis is currently considered a systemic inflammatory disease and different non-invasive inflammatory markers, such as cell-free DNA (cfDNA), have recently been evaluated. Hormonal treatments are frequently prescribed as first-line treatments …
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum aggregates (SERa) are a type of dysmorphism in oocytes derived from controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). The effect of SERa on assisted reproductive techniques (ART) outcomes is debatable. …
The present study aimed to examine the roles of circRNA-circSMAD2 and its regulatory mechanisms in endometriosis (EMs).
Endometriosis, an endocrine disorder in reproductive-aged women with an occurrence of ∼10 %, gives rise to inflammation, pelvic pain, menstrual irregularity, infertility, etc. One study demonstrated the elevated plasma level …
Endometriosis and ovarian endometrioma (OMA) cause dysmenorrhea and infertility. Current hormonal therapies for OMA treatment, may exhibit limited effectiveness. Hormonal treatments function by downregulate estrogen receptors (ERs) via progesterone receptor …
Relugolix is an oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist that suppresses sex steroid hormones and is approved as monotherapy for prostate cancer and as a fixed-dose combination with estradiol/norethindrone for the …
Endometriosis afflicts 10% of women in their reproductive years and nearly half of women with infertility, and its etiology is not yet clear. Pharmacological therapy is generally based on progestins …
Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by the growth of the endometrium outside the uterine cavity. In response to estradiol, this tissue begins to proliferate and grow, forming lesions and …
Inflammation disrupts the normal function of granulosa cells (GCs), which leads to ovarian dysfunction and fertility decline. Inflammatory conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), endometriosis, …