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González Ramos, Reinaldo; Van Langendonckt, Anne; Defrre, Sylvie; Lousse, Jean Christophe; Colette, Sebastien; Devoto, Luigi; Donnez, Jacques (2010)Objective: To evaluate the role of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Design: A literature search was conducted in PubMed to identify all relevant citations. Result(s): Our findings highlight ...
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Elia, Evelin M.; Pustovrh, Carolina; Amalfi, Sabrina; Devoto, Luigi; Motta, Alicia Beatriz (Elsevier Inc., 2011)Chronic hyperandrogenism alters the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) pathway in the uterine tissue of prepubertal mice. The gene and protein expression of PPARγ is not modified, but the gene and protein ...
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Castro, Andrea; Castro, Olga; Troncoso, José Luis; Kohen Skop, Paulina; Simon, Carlos; Vega Blanco, María Margarita; Devoto, Luigi (Oxford University Press, 1998)Flow cytometry analysis of luteal cells revealed that an important proportion of these cells are leukocytes. The percentage of leukocytes was higher in the early (42 ± 4) and late (35 ± 3) luteal phases than in the mid-luteal ...
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Croxatto, Horacio B.; Devoto, Luigi; Durand, Marta; Ezcurra, Enrique; Larrea, Fernando; Nagle, Carlos; Ortiz, María Elena; Vantman, David; Vega Blanco, María Margarita; Von Hertzen, Helena (Elsevier, 2001)
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Furman, Irene; Parra, Leslie; Fuentes, Ariel; Devoto, Luigi (2010)Objective: To assess frequency of male participation in psychologic support services during IVF treatments. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: University infertility clinic. Patient(s): A total of 284 ...
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Poch, Andrea; Villanelo, Felipe; Henriquez, Soledad; Kohen Skop, Paulina; Ferrada Muñoz, Alex Eduardo; Strauss, Jerome F.; Devoto, Luigi (Elsevier Inc., 2019)An estradiol metabolite, 2-methoxyestradiol (2ME), has emerged as an important regulator of ovarian physiology. 2ME is recognized as a potent anti-angiogenic agent in clinical trials and laboratory studies. However, little ...
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Coutinho, Elsimar M.; De Souza, Jose Carlos; Athayde, Celia; Barbosa, Ione C.; Alvarez, Francisco; Brache, Vivian; Zhi-Ping, Gu; Emuveyan, Edward E.; Adekunle, Adeyemi O.; Devoto, Luigi; Shaaban, Mamdouh M.; Salem, Hosam T.; Affandi, Biran; De Acosta, Oscar Mateo; Mati (Elsevier USA, 1996)Uniplant, a single Silastic implant containing nomegestrol acetate, provides contraceptive efficacy for one year. Uniplant use for one year was studied in 1,803 healthy women of reproductive age, enrolled from 10 centers ...
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Barnhart, Kurt; Sir Petermann, Teresa; Devoto, Luigi; Robinovic, Jorge; Pommer, Ricardo; Coutinho, Elsimar (Elsevier Inc., 1997)Objective: To evaluate a nomegestrol acetate subdermal contraceptive implant's (Uniplant; Thermex, Monaco) effect on the hypothalamus-pituitary- ovarian axis. Design: A prospective clinical trial. Setting: San Borja- ...
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Devoto, Luigi; Palomino, Alberto; Céspedes, Pablo; Kohen Skop, Paulina (2012)The ovarian aging, a dynamic process that precedes the clinical manifestations of menopause, can be assessed using ovarian reserve biomarkers. It is well-known that reproduction during the later years of reproductive life ...
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González-Ramos, Reinaldo; Defrère, Sylvie; Devoto, Luigi (2012)Objective: To update, analyze, and summarize the literature concerning nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) participation in endometriosis pathophysiology. Design: Review. Result(s): Nuclear factor-kappaB is physiologically ...
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Devoto, Luigi; Fuentes, Ariel; Palomino, Alberto; Espinoza Muñoz, Alejandra; Kohen Skop, Paulina; Ranta, Sirpa; von Hertzen, Helena (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2005-07)Objective: To determine the pharmacokinetics and endometrial tissue levels of levonorgestrel when taken as a single dose of 1.5 mg either orally or vaginally by healthy women in the periovulatory phase of their menstrual ...
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Devoto, Luigi; Espinoza, Alejandra; Ferrada Muñoz, Alex Eduardo; Fuentes, Ariel; von Hertzen, Helena (2007)We examined the pharmacokinetics of a single dose of 1.5 mg of levonorgestrel when administered orally in two different formulations: two tablets of 0.75 mg or 50 minipills of 30 μg of levonorgestrel. Bioavailability of ...
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González Ramos, Reinaldo; Rocco, Jocelyn; Rojas, Candy; Sovino, Hugo; Devoto, Luigi; Poch, Andrea; Kohen Skop, Paulina; Alvarado Díaz, Carlos; Devoto, Luigi (Elsevier, 2012-03)Objective: To evaluate nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kB) activation and NF-kB–p65 subunit activation, immunolocalization, and expression in the endometrium of healthy women and endometriosis patients throughout the menstrual ...
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Villarroel Quintana, Claudio; Salinas Quero, Soledad Abril; López Cuevas, Patricia; Kohen Skop, Paulina; Rencoret Palma, Gustavo; Devoto, Luigi; Codner Dujovne, Ethel (Taylor and Francis, 2017)Higher androgen levels are observed in non-pregnant women with diabetes. Whether thishormonal profile is found during pregnancy is unknown. The aim of this study was todetermine the sexual steroids levels in pregnant women ...
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Presence of angiotensin II and expression of angiotensin II type-2 receptor in human fallopian tube Johnson, M. Cecilia; Castro, Andrea; Troncoso, José Luis; Vantman, David; Devoto, Luigi; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (1998)Objective: To determine the presence of angiotensin II and angiotensin II type-2 receptor subtype messenger RNA (mRNA) in human fallopian tube. Design: Frozen fallopian tubes were used for all studies. Setting: Procedures ...
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Vega Blanco, María Margarita; Devoto, Luigi; Castro, Olga; Kohen Skop, Paulina (1994)To assess the role of estradiol (E2) upon progesterone (P4) synthesis, a well defined human midluteal cell system was used. A dose-dependent inhibition of P4 synthesis with and without hCG was induced by E2. In addition, ...
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Vega Blanco, María Margarita; Devoto, Luigi; Castro, Olga; Kohen Skop, Paulina (1994)To assess the role of estradiol (E2) upon progesterone (P4) synthesis, a well defined human midluteal cell system was used. A dose-dependent inhibition of P4 synthesis with and without hCG was induced by E2. In addition, ...
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Vega Blanco, María Margarita; Johnson, M. Cecilia; Díaz, Hugo A.; Urrutia, Luis R.; Troncoso, José L.; Devoto, Luigi (1998)To evaluate the effect of nitric oxide (NO·) in human corpus luteum (CL) function, we investigated the expression and the presence of NO· synthase (NOS) in the human CL and the action of NO· on the in vitro luteal ...
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Coutinho, Elsimar M.; Athayde, Celia; Barbosa, Ione; Alvarez, Francisco; Brache, Vivian; Zhi-Ping, Gu; Emuveyan, Edward E.; Adekunle, Adeyemi O.; Devoto, Luigi; De Acosta, Oscar Mateo; Mati, Japheth; Ladipo, Oladapo A. (Elsevier USA, 1996)A study of the acceptability of Uniplant, a 12-month single implant of nomegestrol acetate, included 819 women from Africa, Latin America, and China, participating in a clinical trial of Uniplant. A standard, pre-coded ...