Muhammad A. Riaz

No ORCID on file · 13 papers in corpus · active 2020-2025

Study types

  • article 8
  • review 2
  • other 1
  • preprint 1
  • report 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 13
  • adenomyosis 4
  • die_deep_infiltrating 3
  • mesh:D004715 2
  • dyspareunia 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • thoracic_endometriosis 1
  • dysmenorrhea 1
other 2025
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm15010030

Background/Objectives: The assessment of endometriosis (EMS)-associated pain is important, but only very few studies address the potential use of questionnaires for non-invasive prediction of the disease. Methods: In a prospective observati…

report 2024
·doi:10.37766/inplasy2024.6.0009
article 2024
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines12061276

The changes in endometrial cells, both in the eutopic endometrium of patients with and without endometriosis and in lesions at ectopic sites, are frequently described and often compared to tumorigenesis. In tumorigenesis, the concept of "se…

article 2023
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines11102730

BACKGROUND: Membrane type-matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are a subgroup of the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) family and are key molecules in the degradation of the extracellular matrix. Membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-…

preprint 2023
·doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0009.v1

In the pathogenesis of endometriosis, the differences between the eutopic and ectopic endometrium as well as between the eutopic endometrium with and without endometriosis are repeatedly pointed out. Various mechanisms have been suggested t…

article 2023
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm12134231

OBJECTIVES: Are other pain symptoms in addition to dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dyschezia, dysuria, and chronic pelvic pain correlated to endometriosis and suitable for a clinical prediction model? METHODS: We conducted a prospective study fr…

article 2022
Biomolecules ·doi:10.3390/biom12121749

The TGF-β superfamily members, activins and inhibins, are mainly involved in cell proliferation, cell survival, invasion, immune surveillance, and lesion growth in endometriosis. Herein, we investigated the modulation of the TGF-β type III …

article 2022
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12112848

Claudins, as the major components of tight junctions, are crucial for epithelial cell-to-cell contacts. Recently, we showed that in endometriosis, the endometrial epithelial phenotype is highly conserved, with only minor alterations. For ex…

article 2022
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12040779

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in menstruation and endometriosis; however, the membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are not well studied in endometriosis and adenomyosis. We analyzed MT2-MMP (MMP15) and…

article 2022
Biology ·doi:10.3390/biology11040513

Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrium most often in the pelvis. The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) superfamily is also involved in the pathogenesis; however, betaglycan (BG, syn. TGF-β type III recep…

article 2021
review 2021
Cells ·doi:10.3390/cells10010180

Thoracic endometriosis (TE) is a rare type of endometriosis, where endometrial tissue is found in or around the lungs and is frequent among extra-pelvic endometriosis patients. Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is the most common form of TE and …

review 2020
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm9061915

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important process of cell remodeling characterized by the gradual loss of the epithelial phenotype and progressive gain of a mesenchymal phenotype. EMT is not an all-or-nothing process, but inst…