Cyclic decidualization of the human endometrium in reproductive health and failure

B Gellersen, JJ Brosens - Endocrine reviews, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Decidualization denotes the transformation of endometrial stromal fibroblasts into
specialized secretory decidual cells that provide a nutritive and immunoprivileged matrix …

Mechanisms of implantation: strategies for successful pregnancy

J Cha, X Sun, SK Dey - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
Physiological and molecular processes initiated during implantation for pregnancy success
are complex but highly organized. This review primarily highlights adverse ripple effects …

Patient-derived organoids from endometrial disease capture clinical heterogeneity and are amenable to drug screening

M Boretto, N Maenhoudt, X Luo, A Hennes… - Nature cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Endometrial disorders represent a major gynaecological burden. Current research models
fail to recapitulate the nature and heterogeneity of these diseases, thereby hampering …

Progesterone and estrogen signaling in the endometrium: what goes wrong in endometriosis?

RM Marquardt, TH Kim, JH Shin, JW Jeong - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the healthy endometrium, progesterone and estrogen signaling coordinate in a tightly
regulated, dynamic interplay to drive a normal menstrual cycle and promote an embryo …

The Wnt signalling pathway: a tailored target in cancer

M Koni, V Pinnarò, MF Brizzi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the greatest public health challenges. According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), 9.6 million cancer deaths have been reported in 2018. The most …

Development of organoids from mouse and human endometrium showing endometrial epithelium physiology and long-term expandability

M Boretto, B Cox, M Noben, N Hendriks… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
The endometrium, which is of crucial importance for reproduction, undergoes dynamic cyclic
tissue remodeling. Knowledge of its molecular and cellular regulation is poor, primarily …

[HTML][HTML] CTNNB1 (beta-catenin) mutation identifies low grade, early stage endometrial cancer patients at increased risk of recurrence

KC Kurnit, GN Kim, BM Fellman, DL Urbauer, GB Mills… - Modern Pathology, 2017 - Elsevier
Although the majority of low grade, early stage endometrial cancer patients will have good
survival outcomes with surgery alone, those patients who do recur tend to do poorly. Optimal …

Molecular signaling regulating endometrium–blastocyst crosstalk

M Massimiani, V Lacconi, F La Civita, C Ticconi… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Implantation of the embryo into the uterine endometrium is one of the most finely-regulated
processes that leads to the establishment of a successful pregnancy. A plethora of factors …

Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno: a novel, evidence-based, unifying theory for the pathogenesis of endometriosis

AS Laganà, SG Vitale, FM Salmeri, O Triolo… - Medical hypotheses, 2017 - Elsevier
The theory of retrograde menstruation as aetiopathogenesis of endometriosis formulated by
John Sampson in 1927 shows clear shortcomings: this does not explain why retrograde …

Uterine glands: developmental biology and functional roles in pregnancy

AM Kelleher, FJ DeMayo, TE Spencer - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
All mammalian uteri contain glands in the endometrium that develop only or primarily after
birth. Gland development or adenogenesis in the postnatal uterus is intrinsically regulated …