2015
Long-acting progestin-only contraceptives impair endometrial vasculature by inhibiting uterine vascular smooth muscle cell survival
Kayisli UA, Basar M, Guzeloglu-Kayisli O, Semerci N, Atkinson HC, Shapiro J, Summerfield T, Huang SJ, Prelle K, Schatz F, Lockwood CJ. Long-acting progestin-only contraceptives impair endometrial vasculature by inhibiting uterine vascular smooth muscle cell survival. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 5153-5158. PMID: 25847994, PMCID: PMC4413279, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424814112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell CountCell DifferentiationCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCells, CulturedChemokine CCL2Contraceptive Agents, FemaleDesogestrelEndometriumFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGuinea PigsHumansMedroxyprogesterone AcetateModels, BiologicalMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleOvariectomyProgestinsProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenSignal TransductionSTAT1 Transcription FactorConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsChemokine ligand 2Medroxyprogesterone acetateEndometrial vasculatureVSMC proliferationCultured vascular smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cell survivalVascular smooth muscle cell survivalCell nuclear antigenFragile microvesselsΑSMA immunoreactivityEndometrial vesselsΑSMA stainingPericyte proliferationSTAT1 inhibitorGuinea pigsMuscle cellsMuscle cell survivalCCL2 effectsEtonogestrelMigration assaysNuclear antigenVSMC differentiationWomen
2014
Mass spectrometry identification of potential mediators of progestin-only contraceptive-induced abnormal uterine bleeding in human endometrial stromal cells
Shapiro JP, Basar M, Kayisli UA, Guzeloglu-Kayisli O, Huang S, Suarez AA, Ozer HG, Schatz F, Lockwood CJ. Mass spectrometry identification of potential mediators of progestin-only contraceptive-induced abnormal uterine bleeding in human endometrial stromal cells. Contraception 2014, 91: 253-260. PMID: 25529278, PMCID: PMC4395468, DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman endometrial stromal cellsAbnormal uterine bleedingEndometrial stromal cellsUterine bleedingStanniocalcin-1Cultured human endometrial stromal cellsStromal cellsMicroarray analysisEndometrial biopsyTubal metaplasiaMRNA microarray analysisSide effectsLAPCComplex biological responseEtonogestrelHypoxia treatmentProgestinsHypoxiaPrimary culturesPotential mediatorsPotential targetProtein mediatorsBleedingExpression levelsMedium supernatant