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 …

Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria

F Day, T Karaderi, MR Jones, C Meun, C He… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism,
ovulatory dysfunction and polycystic ovarian morphology. Affected women frequently have …

Stress‐induced evolutionary innovation: a mechanism for the origin of cell types

GP Wagner, EM Erkenbrack, AC Love - BioEssays, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the evolutionary role of environmentally induced phenotypic variation (ie,
plasticity) is an important issue in developmental evolution. A major physiological response …

Progesterone receptor ligands for the treatment of endometriosis: the mechanisms behind therapeutic success and failure

FM Reis, LM Coutinho, S Vannuccini… - Human …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Despite intense research, it remains intriguing why hormonal therapies in
general and progestins in particular sometimes fail in endometriosis. OBJECTIVE AND …

Gut microbiota–derived short-chain fatty acids protect against the progression of endometriosis

SB Chadchan, P Popli, CR Ambati… - Life science …, 2021 - life-science-alliance.org
Worldwide,∼ 196 million are afflicted with endometriosis, a painful disease in which
endometrial tissue implants and proliferates on abdominal peritoneal surfaces. Theories on …

Self-renewing endometrial epithelial organoids of the human uterus

HC Fitzgerald, P Dhakal, SK Behura… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The human endometrium is essential in providing the site for implantation and maintaining
the growth and survival of the conceptus. An unreceptive endometrium and disrupted …

Antibiotic therapy with metronidazole reduces endometriosis disease progression in mice: a potential role for gut microbiota

SB Chadchan, M Cheng, LA Parnell, Y Yin… - Human …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Does altering gut microbiota with antibiotic treatment have any impact
on endometriosis progression? SUMMARY ANSWER Antibiotic therapy reduces …

The SARS-CoV-2 receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, is required for human endometrial stromal cell decidualization

SB Chadchan, P Popli, VK Maurya… - Biology of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first appeared in December 2019 and
rapidly spread throughout the world. The SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the host cells by binding …

The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response

EM Erkenbrack, JD Maziarz, OW Griffith, C Liang… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Among animal species, cell types vary greatly in terms of number and kind. The number of
cell types found within an organism differs considerably between species, and cell type …

A GREB1-steroid receptor feedforward mechanism governs differential GREB1 action in endometrial function and endometriosis

SB Chadchan, P Popli, Z Liao, E Andreas… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cellular responses to the steroid hormones, estrogen (E2), and progesterone (P4) are
governed by their cognate receptor's transcriptional output. However, the feed-forward …