By Nasuhi Engin AydinA herbal product has promising results in experimental endometriosis
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Neroli oil (bitter orange) is a nontoxic volatile substance from the flowers of Citrus aurantium that belongs to the Rutaceae family. This oil has notable anti-inflammatory effects besides potent antioxidant activity with 100% singlet oxygen scavenging activity. Contemporary pathophysiological views…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Bahar YukselSpheroids: 3D-mini-models for Understanding Endometriosis
By Bahar Yuksel
The pathogenesis of endometriosis is not fully understood, and there is a need for better models to study the disease. Spheroids are 3D clusters of cells that mimic the structure and function of endometrial tissue. These mini models have several…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Özge ÖzkayaNew Model Can Help Understand How Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer Develops
By Özge Özkaya
Researchers from Japan and the US developed a new mouse model in collaboration, that can be useful to better understand how endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer develops. This new model can help to assess new treatment options for both diseases. The team…
Key Points Lay Summary
Modeling the feto-maternal interface using pluripotent stem cells
By Özge Özkaya
Researchers from Columbia University led by Dr. Mijo Simunovic created a model using which they can study the relationship between the developing human embryo and the endometrium. The findings were presented at the Annual International Medical Conference of the Endometriosis Foundation…
Key Points Lay Summary
Endometriosis disease modelling via induced pluripotent stem cells has been successful
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
J. Julie Kim, S. Y. Hung Research Professor and Professor of ObGyn, Reproductive Science in Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, has delivered a conference at the Annual International Medical Conference of the Endometriosis Foundation of America held in New York on April 1-2,…
Key Points Lay Summary
Preclinical organ-on-chip models of endometriosis lesions - Linda Griffith, PhD
By Özge Özkaya
Professor Linda Griffith, Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering and the director of the Center for Gynepathology Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave a presentation about their preclinical organ on-chip models of endometriosis lesions at the 14th Annual International…
Key Points Lay Summary
Foreseeing what will be seen on laparoscopy
By Bahar Yuksel
Endometriosis diagnosis still relies on preoperative prediction and its confirmation by taking biopsies. Thus, a prediction model for forecasting what would be waiting for the surgeon and the patient will be promising to get prepared. In the study conducted…
Key Points Lay Summary
Antimicrobial agent ornidazole yields promising effects in an animal model of endometriosis
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Xiaoduo Qin and collaborators from Chinese medical centers, have published their results on the role of ornidazole using an experimental rat model in a recent issue of the periodical “Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation”. Progression of endometriotic foci depends on the presence…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Selma OransayA prediction model to identify endometriosis during routine ultrasound .
By Selma Oransay
. Ureterolysis is an advanced surgical technique that involves dissection of the ureter from pelvic brim to the ureteric tunnel to avoid injury or freeing the ureter from endometriotic lesions. This manipulation usually requieres advanced surgical training and skill. In…
Key Points Lay Summary
Researchers Develop New Mouse Model of Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Researchers from China developed a new mouse model to study endometriosis that could help researchers better understand the molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of endometriosis and develop potential new treatments for the disease. Even though many animal models…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Eylül GÜNVitamin C as a possible therapeutic agent in endometriosis
By Eylül GÜN
A rather toxic environment is generated with the production of reactive oxygen species by the immune cells in endometriosis. The anti-oxidant metabolism is also altered which results in a state of oxidative stress. As a potent antioxidant, Vitamin C has…
Key Points Lay Summary
Chasing gold to find endometriosis.
By Bahar Yuksel
Endometriosis is a disease that doesn’t have a proper preoperative diagnostic test. Thus, animal models to study endometriosis are vital to show the effects of drugs and the effects of the disease on the body. In the study conducted by…
Key Points Lay Summary
Atherosclerosis is augmented in laboratory mice by experimental endometriosis
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Dr. Taylor group from Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA has published their experimental study in the "American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology" on atherosclerosis following endometriosis induction in laboratory mice. The basic inflammation process in endometriosis patients…
Key Points Lay Summary
Potential New Approach to Treat Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Inhibiting ribosome biogenesis could be a potential therapeutic approach for endometriosis according to a new study published in the scientific journal Biomedicines. Ribosome biogenesis plays a key role in protein homeostasis during cell growth and division. Previous research has shown…
Key Points Lay Summary
Planning surgery for recto-sigmoid endometriosis with 3D virtual models.
By Selma Oransay
Efforts to reduce the high complication rate of rectosigmoid surgery in deeply infiltrated endometriosis are of great interest to gynecologists. 3D printing, currently used in various surgical specialties to support surgical planning and guide intraoperative procedures may be a way…
Key Points Lay Summary
Immunotherapy in endometriosis: a challenging research topic
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Dr. Maksym and associates from academic centers in Poland have published their comprehensive review on endometriosis emphasizing the immunological aspects of the disease in a recent issue of the "Journal of Clinical Medicine". Even though endometriosis is a multifactorial disease,…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Hale Goksever CelikThe consequences of endometriosis on the quality of life
By Hale Goksever Celik
The most common clinical findings of endometriosis patients are pelvic pain and fertility problems, resulting in impairment of quality of life. These women are affected especially during the menstruation period. Olliges et al., from Germany and Switzerland, published a study…
Key Points Lay Summary
Shining like fireflies: a new approach to visualize early endometriosis
By Bahar Yuksel
Endometriosis is a complex and unsolved disease that requires animal studies in order to understand its nature. There are a group of animal models designed for endometriosis studies, but most require sacrificing the animal. In the experimental study designed by the team…
Key Points Lay Summary
A novel in-vitro endometriosis model with KRAS and PIK3CA mutations
By Eylül GÜN
A plethora of research has been ongoing to illuminate the pathogenesis of endometriosis which is a multifactorial disease. These studies have proven the association between some mutated cancer driver genes and endometriosis, and links between certain cancers such as ovarian…
Key Points Lay Summary
New molecular insights in endometriosis pathogenesis
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Dr. Rosalba Siracusa and associates from Messina University, Italy, have published their research on cellular pathogenesis of experimental endometriotic lesions in the recent issue of the "International Journal of Molecular Sciences". Endometriosis is a debilitating chronic estrogen-dependent inflammatory condition and…
Key Points Lay Summary
Low-Dose Aspirin as a Potential Treatment for Endometriosis-Related Infertility
By Özge Özkaya
Treatment with low-dose aspirin could downregulate progesterone resistance and increase the expression of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) during the implantation window, according to a study that used a rat model of endometriosis. This, in turn, could improve endometrial receptivity and…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Ellen TumimbangOxidative stress, reactive products, detoxification, endometriosis and pain
By Ellen Tumimbang
Oxidative stress is one factor known to be involved in the pathogenesis, progression, and establishment of endometriosis in women. During oxidative stress, excess reactive oxygen species as a secondary by-product of lipid peroxidation and reactive aldehyde including 4- hydroxynonenal…
Key Points Lay Summary
New Signaling Pathway Could Be Crucial in the Development of Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
RAMP1 signaling is crucial for growth and blood and lymphatic vessel formation in endometrial tissue, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. This suggests that blocking RAMP1 could be a new way to…
Key Points Lay Summary
Predictors of voiding dysfunction after surgery for deep endometriosis
By Selma Oransay
While surgery for deep endometriosis provides relief and improves the quality of life in symptomatic patients for whom medical therapy has limited effect, it may also create postoperative lower urinary tract dysfunction. Moreover, postoperative voiding dysfunction could affect the quality…
Key Points Lay Summary
New Rat Model of Endometriosis Could Help Researchers Develop New Treatments for the Condition
By Özge Özkaya
Researchers in Belgium developed a new rat model of endometriosis. The animals showed signs of ongoing pain meaning that the model could provide a tool for researchers to develop potential new ways to treat the different symptoms of the condition…
Key Points Lay Summary
Natural history of spontaneous endometriosis in crab-eating monkeys
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Kaori Hayashi and associates from Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan, published their observations on spontaneously occurring endometriosis in crab-eating monkeys in "Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine"https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tjem/251/4/251_241/_pdf/-char/en. The presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, i.e., endometriosis is a progressive prevalent…
Key Points Lay Summary
Cabergoline or Progesterone not Effective in Rat Model of Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Oral treatment with cabergoline or micronized progesterone for four weeks is not effective in the regression of endometriotic implants in a rat model of the disease. This is according to a study published in the "Journal of Investigative Surgery". Cabergoline…
Key Points Lay Summary
The predictors for sexual dysfunction in infertile women with endometriosis
By Hale Goksever Celik
Endometriosis is a disease defined as the localization of endometrial glandular and stromal tissue outside the uterine cavity. Its incidence ranges up to 10% of reproductive-aged women. The most common symptoms in these women are chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, and…
Key Points Lay Summary
Primary care physicians have a crucial role in the early diagnosis of endometriosis
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Dr. Verket and associates from the University of Oslo, Norway, published their cross-sectional anonymous postal questionnaire study in "BMJ open". Diagnosing endometriosis is difficult because dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and infertility are also common among other diseases. The most accurate and reliable diagnosis…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Dr. Youngran ParkImpact of Genetic Variations in Endometriosis
By Dr. Youngran Park
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disorder. This disease affects approximately 7% to 10% of reproductive-aged women and causes negative impacts on society. The underlying causes are unclear; therefore, the understanding of this disease remains a major clinical challenge. Endometriosis has a…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Yu YuEndometriosis signaling: the role of IL-34
By Yu Yu
An increasing number of studies have suggested that the pathogenesis of endometriosis is mediated by cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)−17, which promoted the formation and progression of endometriosis by up-regulating angiogenesis and pro-inflammatory cytokines secretion. IL-34 is a newly described…
Key Points Lay Summary
A miniaturized version of endometrium: organoids for endometriosis research
By Yu Yu
Organoids are a miniaturized version of a tissue that is produced in culture through three dimensions techniques in order to better mimic the tissues of origin. These cultures are supposed to better replicate the complexity of a biological organ/disease. Endometrial…
Key Points Lay Summary
The reason for lower BMI and less body fat in women with endometriosis.
By Selma Oransay
Zolbin et al. from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA, recently published the results of their prospective controlled research on adipocyte alterations in endometriosis, in the journal "Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology". Endometriosis can…
Key Points Lay Summary
Reducing the Risk of Recurrence After Endometriosis Surgery
By Özge Özkaya
The use of compounds called NF-κB inhibitors and β-blockers before and after endometriosis surgery may reduce the risk of the disease recurring, according to a study conducted in a mouse model. According to the study published in the journal Reproductive…
Key Points Lay Summary
Study Sheds Light on the Molecular Mechanism of Endometriosis Development
By Özge Özkaya
A protein called transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-B1) enhances the capacity of endometriotic cells or cells that make up the lining of the uterus to migrate, invade, and colonize other areas in the body. This is according to a study published…
Key Points Lay Summary
Is the mystery for progression of endometriosis hiding out in abnormally located endometrial cells?
By Selma Oransay
This prospective study was conducted by Hapangama et al. in Research İnstute of the University of Liverpool, UK, and the results have recently published in the Journal of Human Reproduction. The authors hypothesized that abnormally located endometrial basalis-like (SSEA1/nSOX9+)cells could be contributing to…
Key Points Lay Summary
Kidney Hormone Potential Treatment for Endometriosis?
By Özge Özkaya
Erythropoietin, a hormone produced by the kidneys to promote the production of red blood cells could be a promising candidate for the treatment of endometriosis. This is according to a study published in the Journal Of The Turkish-German Gynecological Association by…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Murat OsmanA Balancing Act: How Endometriosis Invades the Body
By Murat Osman
Endometriosis is a disease defined by the presence of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. Ectopic endometrial tissues have been shown to have some features that mimic malignancy. For example, endometriosis can invade surrounding structures and attach to surfaces such…
Key Points Lay Summary
An Alternative Medical Approach to Treat Endometriosis?
By Özge Özkaya
Molecules that act on a protein called SRC-1 could constitute a new medical tool to treat endometriosis, according to a study published in the Journal of Endocrinology. SRC-1 makes certain parts of DNA more accessible therefore increasing gene expression or…
Key Points Lay Summary
New Target for Endometriosis Treatment?
By Özge Özkaya
NR4A1 could be a novel target for the treatment of endometriosis, according to a study published in the scientific journal Cell Physiology and Biochemistry. NR4A1 is a receptor protein involved in cell division, inflammation, and programmed cell death. The development…
Key Points Lay Summary
Could Gabapentin Make my Pain Go Away?
By Özge Özkaya
Gabapentin could effectively reduce endometriosis-associated pain, according to a new study published in the Journal of Pain Research. The study that was conducted in mice and endometriotic tissues from patients suggests that certain proteins present on the surface of cells…
Key Points Lay Summary
Animal models of endometriosis
By Yu Yu
For advancing understanding and treatment of endometriosis, The World Endometriosis Society has previously brought together researchers and clinicians to discuss the many important research priorities. One of these was the recommendation to development and building on the use of animal…
Key Points Lay Summary
Potential New Target to Treat Endometriosis?
By Özge Özkaya
Special cells called myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) could be playing a role in the development of endometriosis, suggests a study published in the European Journal of Immunology. These cells could, therefore, be targeted by novel therapeutic agents to treat endometriosis. …
Key Points Lay Summary
A Potential New Target for the Treatment of Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
A protein called STIP1 could be facilitating the migration of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, therefore, leading to endometriosis according to a study by Taiwanese researchers. The protein could, thus, be used as a potential therapeutic target for endometriosis. For…
Key Points Lay Summary
Plant Compound May Protect Against Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Marrubiin, a compound derived from a plant in the mint family called white horehound may have protective effects against endometriosis, according to a study published in the journal Molecular Medicine Reports. Marrubiin is the main analgesic, or painkiller compound found…
Key Points Lay Summary
The Endometrium Itself is Genetically Different in Endometriosis Patients
By Özge Özkaya
Researchers in China identified a number of genes that are differentially expressed in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis and those without. The researchers think that these genes may be involved in the development of endometriosis and that they…
Key Points Lay Summary
Female Sex Hormone Necessary but not Enough to Cause Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Estrogen, the primary female sex hormone may be necessary but is not enough to induce endometriosis, found a study published in the Journal of Bioscience. This finding is important because it can help scientists better understand factors that cause endometriosis…
Key Points Lay Summary
TFF3 May Be Involved in Endometriosis Research Suggests
By Özge Özkaya
Levels of a protein called TFF3 are significantly increased in the peritoneal cavity (the abdominal space) of women with endometriosis, found a study published in the scientific journal Reproductive Sciences. This increase was in line with levels of other known…
Lay Summary
A Cholesterol-Lowering Drug and an Anticancer Drug May Be Alternative Treatments Against Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Crestor (rosuvastatin), a cholesterol lowering drug and Avastin (bevacizumab), an anticancer drug are more efficient in reducing endometriosis in rats compared to progesterone medication, according to a study published in the journal Gynecological Endocrinology. For the study, researchers led by…
Lay Summary
Endometriosis Micrometastasis
By Yu Yu
Micrometastasis is used to describe the migration of a small number of cancer cells from its original location to the other organs within the body. While endometriosis is not cancer, it occurs when endometrial cells migrate outside of the uterus…
Key Points Lay Summary
By Demet Candaş GreenHow rats can help improve colon endometriosis treatment in humans
By Demet Candaş Green
Colorectal endometriosis forms about 3–37% of all deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) cases. DIE is a highly invasive type of endometriosis, occurs when ovarian endometriomas overgrow and rupture, releasing their contents into the abdominal and pelvic cavity, resulting in the formation…
Key Points Lay Summary