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Effects of hormonal treatment on nerve fibers in endometrium and myometrium in women with endometriosis

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Tokushige, Natsuko, Markham, Robert, Russell, Peter, Fraser, Ian S.·2008·Fertility and Sterility

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Objective To investigate how hormonal treatment can change nerve fiber density and to identify types of nerve fibers in endometrium and myometrium in women with endometriosis. Design Laboratory study using human tissue. Setting University-based laboratory. Patient(s) Hormonally treated and untreated women with endometriosis undergoing hysterectomy or curettage. Intervention(s) Endometrial and myometrial tissues were prepared from women with hormonally treated endometriosis and women with untreated endometriosis. Main outcome measure(s) Types and density of nerve fibers in endometrium and myometrium in women with hormonally treated and untreated endometriosis were determined immunohistochemically. Result(s) The nerve fiber density (mean density +/- SD per square millimeter) in the functional and the basal layers of endometrium (0.2 +/- 0.7/mm(2) and 0.9 +/- 1.3/mm(2), respectively) and myometrium (1.5 +/- 0.8/mm(2)) from women with hormonally treated endometriosis was much lower than that of endometrium (functional layer: 11 +/- 5/mm(2), basal layer: 18 +/- 8/mm(2), respectively) and myometrium (3 +/- 1/mm(2)) from women with untreated endometriosis. Nerve growth factor and nerve growth factor receptor p75 expression was also significantly reduced in women with hormonally treated endometriosis compared with women with untreated endometriosis. Conclusion(s) Hormonal treatment significantly reduced nerve fiber density in endometrium and myometrium in women with endometriosis.

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Crossref · 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.074

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  • Women with endometriosis who undergo endometrial biopsy or hysterectomy have more nerve fibers in the endometrium and myometrium than other women and than women with endometriosis using hormonal treatments.

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Authors
Tokushige, N., Markham, R., Russell, P., & Fraser, I. S.
Affiliations
The University of Sydney (AU)
Venue
Fertility and Sterility
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-11
Volume
90
Issue
5
Pages
1589-1598
ISSN
0015-0282 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2024418590
Cited by
85
References
42
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FWCI
5.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Fertility and Sterility (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Sydney
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and fungal interactions
Keywords
endometriosis, hormone therapy, nerve fiber density, endometrium, myometrium, nerve growth factor, p75 neurotrophin receptor
MeSH terms
Adult, Contraceptives, Oral, Dilatation and Curettage, Endometriosis, Endometrium, Female, Humans, Hysterectomy, Immunohistochemistry, Middle Aged, Myometrium, Nerve Fibers, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor, Nerve Growth Factor

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