[HTML][HTML] Menstruation: science and society

HOD Critchley, E Babayev, SE Bulun, S Clark… - American journal of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Women's health concerns are generally underrepresented in basic and translational
research, but reproductive health in particular has been hampered by a lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Physiology of the endometrium and regulation of menstruation

HOD Critchley, JA Maybin… - Physiological …, 2020‏ - journals.physiology.org
The physiological functions of the uterine endometrium (uterine lining) are preparation for
implantation, maintenance of pregnancy if implantation occurs, and menstruation in the …

Uterine bleeding: how understanding endometrial physiology underpins menstrual health

V Jain, RR Chodankar, JA Maybin… - Nature reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Menstruation is a physiological process that is typically uncomplicated. However, up to one
third of women globally will be affected by abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) at some point in …

Chronic endometritis and infertility

HJ Park, YS Kim, TK Yoon… - Clinical and experimental …, 2016‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic endometritis (CE) is a condition involving the breakdown of the peaceful co-
existence between microorganisms and the host immune system in the endometrium. A …

The role of arachidonic and linoleic acid derivatives in pathological pregnancies and the human reproduction process

M Szczuko, J Kikut, N Komorniak, J Bilicki… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The aim of the available literature review was to focus on the role of the proinflammatory
mediators of AA and LA derivatives in pathological conditions related to reproduction and …

Menstrual physiology: implications for endometrial pathology and beyond

JA Maybin, HOD Critchley - Human reproduction update, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Each month the endometrium becomes inflamed, and the luminal portion is
shed during menstruation. The subsequent repair is remarkable, allowing implantation to …

Endometriosis, a disease of the macrophage

A Capobianco, P Rovere-Querini - Frontiers in immunology, 2013‏ - frontiersin.org
Endometriosis, a common cause of pelvic pain and female infertility, depends on the growth
of vascularized endometrial tissue at ectopic sites. Endometrial fragments reach the …

Inflammation, leukocytes and menstruation

J Evans, LA Salamonsen - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2012‏ - Springer
Menstruation has many of the features of an inflammatory process. The complexity and
sequence of inflammatory-type events leading to the final tissue breakdown and bleeding …

Altered transcriptional regulation of cytokines, growth factors, and apoptotic proteins in the endometrium of infertile women with chronic endometritis

C Di Pietro, E Cicinelli, MR Guglielmino… - American journal of …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Problem Chronic endometritis (CE) is a poorly investigated and probably underestimated
pathology, which may cause abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), pain, and reproductive …

Hypoxia and hypoxia inducible factor-1α are required for normal endometrial repair during menstruation

JA Maybin, AA Murray, PTK Saunders, N Hirani… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is common and debilitating, and often requires surgery
due to hormonal side effects from medical therapies. Here we show that transient …