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Research and Select Publications Utilizing Tissue Bank Samples

  • Chen JC, Johnson BA, Erikson DW, Piltonen TT, Barragan F, Chu S, Kohgadai N, Irwin JC, Greene WC, Giudice LC, Roan NR. Seminal plasma induces global transcriptomic changes associated with cell migration, proliferation and viability in endometrial epithelial cells and stromal fibroblasts. Hum. Reprod. 2014 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Piltonen T, Chen J, Erikson D, Spitzer T, Barragan F, Rabban J, Huddleston H, Irwin J, Giudice L. Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitors and Other Endometrial Cell Types From Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Display Inflammatory and Oncogenic Potential. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2013 Sep;98(9):3765-75.
  • Chen JC, Erikson DW, Piltonen TT, Meyer MR, Barragan F, McIntire R, Tamaresis J, Vo KC, Giudice LC, Irwin JC. Co-culturing Human Endometrial Epithelial Cells and Stromal Fibroblasts Alters Cell-Specific Gene Expression and Cytokine Production. Fert Stert. 2013 Jul 10. pii: S0015-0282(13)00701-2.
  • Pabona JM, Simmen FA, Nikiforov MA, Zhuang D, Shankar K, Velarde MC, Zelenko Z, Giudice LC, Simmen RC. Krüppel-Like Factor 9 and Progesterone Receptor Coregulation of Decidualizing Endometrial Stromal Cells: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97: E376–E392, 2012.
  • Spitzer TL, Rojas A, Zelenko Z, Aghajanova L, Erikson DW, Barragan F, Meyer M, Tamaresis JS, Hamilton AE, Irwin JC, Giudice LC. Perivascular human endometrial mesenchymal stem cells express pathways relevant to self-renewal, lineage specification, and functional phenotype. Biol Reprod. 2012 Feb 29;86(2):58.
  • Zelenko Z, Aghajanova L, Irwin JC, Giudice LC. Nuclear receptor, coregulator signaling, and chromatin remodeling pathways suggest involvement of the epigenome in the steroid hormone response of endometrium and abnormalities in endometriosis. Reprod Sci. 2012 Feb;19(2):152-62.
  • Leach RE, Jessmon P, Coutifaris C, Kruger M, Myers ER, Ali-Fehri R, Carson SA, Legro RS, Schlaff WD, Carr BR, Steinkampf MP, Silva S, Leppert PC, Giudice LC, Diamond MP, Armant R. High throughput, cell type-specific analysis of key proteins in human endometrial biopsies of women from fertile and infertile couples. Human Reproduction 2012;27:814-828.
  • Aghajanova L, Tatsumi K, Horcajadas JA, Zamah AM, Esteban FJ, Herndon CN, Conti M, Giudice LC. Unique transcriptome, pathways, and networks in the human endometrial fibroblast response to progesterone in endometriosis. Biol Reprod. 2011 Apr; 84(4):801-15.
  • Sheldon E, Vo KC, McIntire RA, Aghajanova L, Zelenko Z, Irwin JC, Giudice LC. Biobanking human endometrial tissue and blood specimens: standard operating procedure and importance to reproductive biology research and diagnostic development. Fertil Steril. 2011 Mar 1.
  • Aghajanova L, Giudice LC. Effect of bisphenol A on human endometrial stromal fibroblasts in vitro. Reprod Biomed Online. 2011 Mar; 22(3):249-56.
  • Aghajanova L, Giudice LC. Molecular evidence for differences in endometrium in severe versus mild endometriosis. Reprod Sci. 2011 Mar;18(3):229-51.
  • Savaris RF, Groll JM, Young SL, DeMayo F, Jeong J-W, Hamilton AE, Giudice LC, Lessey BA. Progesterone resistance in PCOS endometrium: a microarray analysis in clomiphene citrate-treated and artificial menstrual cycles. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jun;96(6):1737-46. doi: 10.1210/jc.2010-2600. Epub 2011 Mar 16Herndon CN, Aghajanova L, Vo KC, Giudice LC. Global gene expression analysis reveals abnormalities in eutopic endometrium from women with adenomyosis. Fertil Steril 2010 94(4), Suppl P426, p. S216.
  • Jeong JW, Lee HS, Lee KY, White LD, Broaddus RR, Zhang YW, Vande Woude GF, Giudice LC, Young SL, Lessey BA, Tsai SY, Lydon JP, DeMayo FJ. Mig-6 modulates uterine steroid hormone responsiveness and exhibits altered expression in endometrial disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, May 26, 2009;106(21):8677-82.

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Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project (EPHect)

UCSF NIH Human Endometrial Tissue and DNA Bank