Comprehensive review of uterine fibroids: developmental origin, pathogenesis, and treatment

Q Yang, M Ciebiera, MV Bariani, M Ali… - Endocrine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Uterine fibroids are benign monoclonal neoplasms of the myometrium, representing the
most common tumors in women worldwide. To date, no long-term or noninvasive treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional regulation and its misregulation in disease

TI Lee, RA Young - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The gene expression programs that establish and maintain specific cell states in humans
are controlled by thousands of transcription factors, cofactors, and chromatin regulators …

[HTML][HTML] Uterine fibroids: burden and unmet medical need

A Al-Hendy, ER Myers, E Stewart - Seminars in reproductive …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Uterine fibroids affect a wide cross-section of the population, with prevalence, symptom
severity, and overall disease burden generally higher among black women, likely due to …

Epidemiological and genetic clues for molecular mechanisms involved in uterine leiomyoma development and growth

AE Commandeur, AK Styer… - Human Reproduction …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are highly prevalent benign smooth muscle
tumors of the uterus. In the USA, the lifetime risk for women developing uterine leiomyomas …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics of uterine leiomyomas: insights from high-throughput sequencing

M Mehine, N Mäkinen, HR Heinonen, LA Aaltonen… - Fertility and sterility, 2014 - Elsevier
Uterine leiomyomas are benign smooth-muscle tumors of extremely low malignant potential.
Early work utilizing classical cytogenetics revealed that a subset of uterine leiomyomas …

[HTML][HTML] Complex networks of multiple factors in the pathogenesis of uterine leiomyoma

MS Islam, O Protic, P Stortoni, G Grechi, P Lamanna… - Fertility and sterility, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the information regarding pathogenetic factors of leiomyoma
formation and growth, and to make a simple integrated pathogenetic view of this tumor for …

The role of angiogenic factors in fibroid pathogenesis: potential implications for future therapy

R Tal, JH Segars - Human reproduction update, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background It is well established that tumors are dependent on angiogenesis for their
growth and survival. Although uterine fibroids are known to be benign tumors with reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Role of vitamin D in uterine fibroid biology

S Brakta, JS Diamond, A Al-Hendy, MP Diamond… - Fertility and sterility, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To provide a detailed summary of current scientific knowledge on uterine fibroids
(leiomyomas) in vitro and in in vivo animal models, as well as to postulate the potential role …

Single-cell sequencing reveals novel cellular heterogeneity in uterine leiomyomas

J Goad, J Rudolph, M Zandigohar, M Tae… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION What are the cellular composition and single-cell transcriptomic
differences between myometrium and leiomyomas as defined by single-cell RNA …

Mediator kinase module and human tumorigenesis

AD Clark, M Oldenbroek, TG Boyer - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Mediator is a conserved multi-subunit signal processor through which regulatory
informatiosn conveyed by gene-specific transcription factors is transduced to RNA …