Rakhila H

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2016
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2016-1569

CONTEXT: Angiogenesis is required for ectopic endometrial tissue growth. Our previous studies showed that prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) biosynthetic enzymes and receptor were markedly elevated in endometriotic lesions and that PGF2α is a potent…

observational 2016
Journal of Reproductive Immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2016.01.005

Studies have long sought specific cytokines that could characterize endometriosis. Either due to variations between study designs regarding the assessment criteria for the cytokine or to low power resulting from small sample size, no factor…

lab-animal 2014
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110434

Pelvic inflammation is a hallmark of endometriosis pathogenesis and a major cause of the disease's symptoms. Abnormal immune and inflammatory changes may not only contribute to endometriosis-major symptoms, but also contribute to ectopic en…

other 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.08.016

OBJECTIVE: To investigate prostaglandin (PG) biosynthesis and catabolism pathways in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Human reproduction research laboratory. PATIENT(S): F…