Dragoş Crețoiu

ORCID: 0000-0003-3214-030X · 7 papers in corpus
review 2021
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines9060693

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common causes of death in women as survival is highly dependent on the stage of the disease. Ovarian cancer is typically diagnosed in the late stage due to the fact that in the early phases is mostly asympt…

review 2020
Cancers ·doi:10.3390/cancers12082232

Calcium levels have a huge impact on the physiology of the female reproductive system, in particular, of the ovaries. Cytosolic calcium levels are influenced by regulatory proteins (i.e., ion channels and pumps) localized in the plasmalemma…

review 2020
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina56090460

Endometriosis represents a frequently diagnosed gynecological affliction in the reproductive timespan of women, defined by symptoms ranging from pelvic pain to infertility. A complex interplay between the genetic profile, hormonal activity,…

case-report 2020
In vivo (Athens, Greece) ·doi:10.21873/invivo.12099

BACKGROUND/AIM: The presence of extensive lesions of peritoneal carcinomatosis is found in a significant number of cases of extended digestive resection surgery, such as subtotal colectomy. The aim of this study was to report a series of 17…

other 2019
Cell transplantation ·doi:10.1177/0963689719833303

The autonomic innervation of the uterus is involved in multiple pathophysiological processes in both humans and animals. Pathological conditions such as adenomyosis or inflammatory pelvic disease are usually accompanied by significant alter…

lab-animal 2018
Journal of translational medicine ·doi:10.1186/s12967-018-1457-z

BACKGROUND: Telocytes (TCs), a recently discovered novel type of interstitial cells, were also found in a wide variety of human and mammalian reproductive organs/tissues, including uterus, oviduct and placenta. Previously, we demonstrated t…

review 2009
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine ·doi:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00894.x

A strict regulation of contractility in the uterus and fallopian tube is essential for various reproductive functions. The uterus contributes, through either increased contractility or periods of relative quiescence, to: (i) expulsion of me…