About one-third of South African women have clinically significant symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD). Several socio-demographic risk factors for PPD exist, but data on medical and obstetric risk factors remain …
Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity with an accompanying chronic inflammatory process. The etiology of the disease is still not fully understood. An important role …
Endometriosis significantly impacts fertility through complex mechanisms. These include chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and anatomical distortion. These mechanisms impair oocyte quality, embryo development, and implantation. While in vivo challenges persist, …
Endometriosis is highly underdiagnosed and undertreated gynecological disorder, with diagnosis often delayed by 8-12 years. This delay can have serious consequences including infertility. Currently, the gold standard for endometriosis diagnosis …
Organ functions generally decline with age, but the ovary is a prototypical organ that undergoes functional loss over time. Autophagy plays a crucial role in maintaining organ homeostasis, and age-related …
Background: Endometriosis is a chronic condition that affects the endometrium, the lining of the uterus. The endometrium typically thickens and discharges during the menstrual cycle, resulting in menstruation. Endometriosis is …
Introduction Endometriosis is a condition characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands surrounded by endometrial stroma. When this occurs within the ovaries, it is referred to as an endometrioma. …
The endometrium, essential for reproduction, undergoes cyclical shedding, remodeling, and regeneration. Using a large endometrial transcriptomic dataset (n = 206), we identified RNA splicing and transcript isoform-level changes across the …
Conventional treatments for advanced endometriosis often have limited efficacy due to chemotherapy resistance, recurrence, and metastasis. This study analyzed clinical specimens to investigate the role of NXF1 in endometrial cancer …
Pelvic splenosis is characterized by the autotransplantation of spleen fragments following tissue rupture. Since the fragments are mostly implanted into the Douglas pouch, endometriosis-like symptoms are developed, clinically. Thus, this …