The role of decidual cells in uterine hemostasis, menstruation, inflammation, adverse pregnancy outcomes and abnormal uterine bleeding

Why the United States preterm birth rate is declining

(2015) Corina N. Schoen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Regulatory T-cell Subpopulations in Severe or Early-onset Preeclampsia

(2015) Roland Boij et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Neutrophil Recruitment and Activation in Decidua with Intra-Amniotic IL-1beta in the Preterm Rhesus Macaque1

(2015) Pietro Presicce et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Interleukin-6: Biology, signaling and strategies of blockade

(2015) Fred Schaper et al.   CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS

Regulatory T-cells and preeclampsia: an overview of literature

(2015) Mahsa Rahimzadeh et al.   Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Menstrual physiology: implications for endometrial pathology and beyond

(2015) Jacqueline A. Maybin et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

The Frequency of Peripheral Blood CD4+FoxP3+Regulatory T Cells in Women With Pre-eclampsia and Those With High-risk Factors for Pre-eclampsia

(2015) Shiho Nagayama et al.   HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY

Tissue-Specific Education of Decidual NK Cells

(2015) Andrew M. Sharkey et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mechanisms of chorioamnionitis-associated preterm birth: interleukin-1β inhibits progesterone receptor expression in decidual cells

(2015) Ozlem Guzeloglu-Kayisli et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

What are the roles of macrophages and monocytes in human pregnancy?

(2015) Mao-Xing Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: The Contraceptive CHOICE Project in Review

(2015) Natalia E. Birgisson et al.   JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH

Biopsy techniques to study the human placental bed

(2015) J.H.W. Veerbeek et al.   PLACENTA

Progestins Upregulate FKBP51 Expression in Human Endometrial Stromal Cells to Induce Functional Progesterone and Glucocorticoid Withdrawal: Implications for Contraceptive- Associated Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

(2015) Ozlem Guzeloglu Kayisli et al.   PLoS One

Long-acting progestin-only contraceptives impair endometrial vasculature by inhibiting uterine vascular smooth muscle cell survival

(2015) Umit A. Kayisli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Expression of Interferon γ by Decidual Cells and Natural Killer Cells at the Human Implantation Site

(2015) Chie-Pein Chen et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Pathogenesis of Endometriosis: Roles of Retinoids and Inflammatory Pathways

(2015) Maureen Kane et al.   SEMINARS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

Loss of Endometrial Plasticity in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

(2015) Emma S. Lucas et al.   STEM CELLS

The Fibrinolytic System—More Than Fibrinolysis?

(2015) Dominik F. Draxler et al.   TRANSFUSION MEDICINE REVIEWS

Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 in Physiological and Pathophysiological Angiogenesis: Applications and Therapies

(2015) Agnieszka Zimna et al.   Biomed Research International

Hypoxia-Inducible Factor as an Angiogenic Master Switch

(2015) Takuya Hashimoto et al.   Frontiers in Pediatrics

Endogenous and Uric Acid-Induced Activation of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia

(2015) Mariana Leticia Matias et al.   PLoS One

Interferon-γ Protects First-Trimester Decidual Cells against Aberrant Matrix Metalloproteinases 1, 3, and 9 Expression in Preeclampsia

(2014) Charles J. Lockwood et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Programming of the preimplantation embryo by the embryokine colony stimulating factor 2

(2014) Peter J. Hansen et al.   ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE

Differential conformational dynamics in the closely homologous FK506-binding domains of FKBP51 and FKBP52

(2014) Sourajit M. Mustafi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

The Human Endometrium as a Sensor of Embryo Quality1

(2014) Nick S. Macklon et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Critical role of extracellularly secreted neuronal pentraxin 1 in ischemic neuronal death

(2014) Shabarish Thatipamula et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

Molecular Chaperone Activity and Biological Regulatory Actions of the TPR-Domain Immunophilins FKBP51 and FKBP52

(2014) Alejandra G. Erlejman et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Role of G-CSF GM-CSF in the management of infections in preterm newborns: an update

(2014) Elio Castagnola et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Systematic review of endometriosis pain assessment: how to choose a scale?

(2014) Nicolas Bourdel et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Role of nuclear progesterone receptor isoforms in uterine pathophysiology

(2014) B. Patel et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

The dynamics of nuclear receptors and nuclear receptor coregulators in the pathogenesis of endometriosis

(2014) Sang Jun Han et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Protease-Activated Receptor 4: A Critical Participator in Inflammatory Response

(2014) Qiang Fu et al.   INFLAMMATION

The role of tissue factor isoforms in cancer biology

(2014) Ulrike Leppert et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Effect of Thrombin on Human Amnion Mesenchymal Cells, Mouse Fetal Membranes, and Preterm Birth

(2014) Haruta Mogami et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Long-Acting Progestin-Only Contraceptives Enhance Human Endometrial Stromal Cell Expressed Neuronal Pentraxin-1 and Reactive Oxygen Species to Promote Endothelial Cell Apoptosis

(2014) O. Guzeloglu-Kayisli et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Endometrial VEGF induces placental sFLT1 and leads to pregnancy complications

(2014) Xiujun Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Embryonic Trophoblasts Induce Decidual Regulatory T Cell Differentiation and Maternal-Fetal Tolerance through Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Instructing Dendritic Cells

(2014) M.-R. Du et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Regulation of decidualization and angiogenesis in the human endometrium: Mini review

(2014) Hidetaka Okada et al.   JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH

Provision of No-Cost, Long-Acting Contraception and Teenage Pregnancy

(2014) Gina M. Secura et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Roles of the Pharmacist in the Use of Safe and Highly Effective Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: An Opinion of the Women's Health Practice and Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

(2014) Sally Rafie et al.   PHARMACOTHERAPY

Decidual GM-CSF is a critical common intermediate necessary for thrombin and TNF induced in-vitro fetal membrane weakening

(2014) D. Kumar et al.   PLACENTA

Molecular aspects of development and regulation of endometriosis

(2014) Yana B Aznaurova et al.   Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Preterm labor: One syndrome, many causes

(2014) R. Romero et al.   SCIENCE

Prevention of preterm birth: Harnessing science to address the global epidemic

(2014) C. E. Rubens et al.   Science Translational Medicine

The Possible Role of Extravillous Trophoblast-Derived Exosomes on the Uterine Spiral Arterial Remodeling under Both Normal and Pathological Conditions

(2014) Carlos Salomon et al.   Biomed Research International

Monocytes and Macrophages in Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia

(2014) Marijke M. Faas et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Neutrophil-Derived Cytokines: Facts Beyond Expression

(2014) Cristina Tecchio et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Decidual Cell Regulation of Natural Killer Cell–Recruiting Chemokines

(2013) Charles J. Lockwood et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Angiopoietin-2: An Attractive Target for Improved Antiangiogenic Tumor Therapy

(2013) D. Gerald et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

A three-year comparative study of continuation rates, bleeding patterns and satisfaction in Australian women using a subdermal contraceptive implant or progestogen releasing-intrauterine system

(2013) Edith Weisberg et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CONTRACEPTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE

Acceptability of long-acting, progestin-only contraception in Europe: A two-year prospective, non-interventional study

(2013) Mary Short et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CONTRACEPTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE

Targeting angiopoietin-2 signaling in cancer therapy

(2013) Zeynep Eroglu et al.   EXPERT OPINION ON INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS

Hypoxia is not required for human endometrial breakdown or repair in a xenograft model of menstruation

(2013) Pauline Coudyzer et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

The Complex Role of Angiopoietin-2 in the Angiopoietin-Tie Signaling Pathway

(2013) G. Thurston et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Abruption-Induced Preterm Delivery Is Associated with Thrombin-Mediated Functional Progesterone Withdrawal in Decidual Cells

(2012) Charles J. Lockwood et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Uterine natural killer cells initiate spiral artery remodeling in human pregnancy

(2012) Andrew Robson et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

The presence and regulation of connective tissue growth factor in the human endometrium

(2012) J. A. Maybin et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

The expression of pentraxin 3 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha is increased in preeclamptic placental tissue and maternal serum

(2012) Ping Zhou et al.   INFLAMMATION RESEARCH

Decidual Macrophages Are Significantly Increased in Spontaneous Miscarriages and Over-Express FasL: A Potential Role for Macrophages in Trophoblast Apoptosis

(2012) Sabine Guenther et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

NP1 Regulates Neuronal Activity-Dependent Accumulation of BAX in Mitochondria and Mitochondrial Dynamics

(2012) K. B. Clayton et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Expression of epigenetic effectors in decidualizing human endometrial stromal cells

(2012) Giulia Grimaldi et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Critical role of neuronal pentraxin 1 in mitochondria-mediated hypoxic–ischemic neuronal injury

(2012) Md Al Rahim et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Pro-inflammatory cytokine-stimulated first trimester decidual cells enhance macrophage-induced apoptosis of extravillous trophoblasts

(2012) Z.-M. Wu et al.   PLACENTA

An experimental mixed bacterial infection induced differential secretion of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, TNFα) and proMMP-9 in human fetal membranes

(2012) H. Flores-Herrera et al.   PLACENTA

Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Affect Monocyte Subsets in Humans and Rats

(2012) Barbro N. Melgert et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Etonogestrel Treatment in the Reproductive Organs and Uterine Arteries of Nonoophorectomized Guinea Pigs

(2012) Graciela Krikun et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Orchestral actions of angiopoietin-1 in vascular regeneration

(2012) Gou Young Koh   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Long-term progestin-only contraception in humans versus animal models

(2011) Graciela Krikun et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Chaperoning steroidal physiology: Lessons from mouse genetic models of Hsp90 and its cochaperones

(2011) Edwin R. Sanchez   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Effective treatment of chemoresistant breast cancer in vitro and in vivo by a factor VII-targeted photodynamic therapy

(2011) J Duanmu et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Preeclampsia, a Disease of the Maternal Endothelium

(2011) Camille E. Powe et al.   CIRCULATION

Organization and function of the FKBP52 and FKBP51 genes

(2011) Donna L Cioffi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY

The Expression and Regulation of Adrenomedullin in the Human Endometrium: A Candidate for Endometrial Repair

(2011) Jacqueline A. Maybin et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

The Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor by Hypoxia and Prostaglandin F2αduring Human Endometrial Repair

(2011) Jacqueline A. Maybin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

The endocrine and paracrine control of menstruation

(2011) Patrick Henriet et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Human decidua and invasive trophoblasts are rich sources of nearly all human matrix metalloproteinases

(2011) Jelena Anacker et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

The effects of thrombin and cytokines upon the biomechanics and remodeling of isolated amnion membrane, in vitro☆

(2011) D. Kumar et al.   PLACENTA

In vitro secretion and activity profiles of matrix metalloproteinases, MMP-9 and MMP-2, in human term extra-placental membranes after exposure to Escherichia coli

(2011) Veronica Zaga-Clavellina et al.   Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

FKBP51 and FKBP52 in signaling and disease

(2011) Cheryl L. Storer et al.   TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

The Implication of Aberrant GM-CSF Expression in Decidual Cells in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia

(2010) S. Joseph Huang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Regulation of Interleukin-6 Expression in Human Decidual Cells and Its Potential Role in Chorioamnionitis

(2010) Charles J. Lockwood et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Regulatory T Cells and Their Role in Pregnancy

(2010) Anne Leber et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Increased c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation in human endometriotic endothelial cells

(2010) Yesim Hulya Uz et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

α-1 Antitrypsin regulates human neutrophil chemotaxis induced by soluble immune complexes and IL-8

(2010) David A. Bergin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Immature NK Cells, Capable of Producing IL-22, Are Present in Human Uterine Mucosa

(2010) V. Male et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Divergent regulation of angiopoietin-1 and -2, Tie-2, and thrombospondin-1 expression by estrogen in the baboon endometrium

(2010) Thomas W. Bonagura et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

First-Trimester Vaginal Bleeding and Complications Later in Pregnancy

(2010) Jacob Alexander Lykke et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Mortality of mothers from cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular causes following pregnancy complications in first delivery

(2010) Jacob A. Lykke et al.   PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Review: Functional role of uterine natural killer (uNK) cells in human early pregnancy decidua

(2010) G.E. Lash et al.   PLACENTA

Natural Selection of Human Embryos: Impaired Decidualization of Endometrium Disables Embryo-Maternal Interactions and Causes Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

(2010) Madhuri Salker et al.   PLoS One

Preeclampsia-related increase of interleukin-11 expression in human decidual cells

(2010) Murat Basar et al.   REPRODUCTION

Uterine NK cells in murine pregnancy

(2010) MJ Bilinski et al.   REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE

Evidence for Immune Cell Involvement in Decidual Spiral Arteriole Remodeling in Early Human Pregnancy

(2009) Samantha D. Smith et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

The Immunoconjugate “Icon” Targets Aberrantly Expressed Endothelial Tissue Factor Causing Regression of Endometriosis

(2009) Graciela Krikun et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

The role of the Angiopoietins in vascular morphogenesis

(2009) Markus Thomas et al.   ANGIOGENESIS

Progestin and Thrombin Regulate Tissue Factor Expression in Human Term Decidual Cells

(2009) C. J. Lockwood et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Endometriosis

(2009) Serdar E. Bulun   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Mechanisms of Leukocyte Accumulation and Activation in Chorioamnionitis: Interleukin 1β and Tumor Necrosis Factor α Enhance Colony Stimulating Factor 2 Expression in Term Decidua

(2009) Felice Arcuri et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Hormone Receptor Dynamics in a Receptive Human Endometrium

(2009) Hilary O. D. Critchley et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Endometriosis and Tissue Factor

(2008) Graciela Krikun et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) Expression in Preeclamptic Decidua and MMP9 Induction by Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin 1 Beta in Human First Trimester Decidual Cells1

(2008) Charles J. Lockwood et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Localization of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9 and tissue inhibitors for MMPs (TIMPs) in uterine natural killer cells in early human pregnancy

(2008) K. Naruse et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Cytokine Networks and the Regulation of Uterine Function in Pregnancy and Parturition

(2008) N. M. Orsi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Origin and physiological roles of inflammation

(2008) Ruslan Medzhitov   NATURE

Balance between matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP) in the cervical mucus plug estimated by determination of free non-complexed TIMP

(2008) Naja Becher et al.   Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Progestin-Inflammatory Cytokine Interactions Affect Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 and -3 Expression in Term Decidual Cells: Implications for Treatment of Chorioamnionitis-Induced Preterm Delivery

(2007) Ceyda Oner et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM