Z Rokyta

ORCID: 0000-0003-4798-2315 · 10 papers in corpus
observational 2015
Original Article Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) Gene Mutations in Women Diagnosed with Unexplained Infertility and Endometriosis Have a Negative Impact on the IVF Outcome A Pilot Study

Abstract. The frequency of functionally relevant mu-tations of the leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) gene in infertile women is significantly enhanced in com-parison with fertile controls. The objective of this retrospective cohort study wa…

observational 2009
Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) gene mutations in women diagnosed with unexplained infertility and endometriosis have a negative impact on the IVF outcome. A pilot study
Folia biologica ·doi:10.14712/fb2009055030092

The frequency of functionally relevant mutations of the leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) gene in infertile women is significantly enhanced in comparison with fertile controls. The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluat…

observational 2007
Association of the leukemia inhibitory factor gene mutation and the antiphospholipid antibodies in the peripheral blood of infertile women
Folia microbiologica ·doi:10.1007/bf02932117

To characterize the impact of the potentially functional mutation--the G to A transition at the position 3400 of the leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF; a pluripotent cytokine that plays a central role in the control of the embryo implantation…

observational 2006
[Serum antibodies against annexin V and other phospholipids in women with fertility failure]
Ceska gynekologie

THE AIM: To study serum antibodies against annexin V and against other phospholipids in women with fertility failure. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Institute of Imunology and Alergology, Inst…

observational 2004
[Comparison of steroid metabolism markers in endometrium of women with endometriosis, endometrial hyperplasia and without pathological changes of endometrium]
Ceska gynekologie

OBJECTIVE: To find out any relationship between presence of P450 aromatase and estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptors in eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis and in estrogen-dependent gynecologic lesions (endom…

observational 2004
[Detection of chlamydia antibodies in non-standard biological fluids in women with fertility disorders]
Ceska gynekologie

OBJECTIVE: Detection of IgA and IgG antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis in various biological materials in patients with fertility disorders. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Facu…

observational 2002
Endometriosis in reproductive immunology
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01110.x

PROBLEM: Endometriosis is suggested to represent an autoimmune disorder, but what is the prevalence of autoantibodies to antigens relevant to reproduction? METHOD OF STUDY: The humoral immune response to the women with endometriosis (stage…

other 1998
[Laparoscopy in chronic pelvic pain]
Ceska gynekologie
observational 1996
[Immunologic factors in the serum and peritoneal fluid in women after laparoscopy. I. Nonspecific factors]
Ceska gynekologie

The authors examined by diagnostic laparoscopy and immunologically 180 patients in 1993-1995. They assessed in serum and peritoneal fluid IgG, IgA, IgM, haptoglobulin, A2-macroglobulin, A1-antitrypsin, transferrin, C4- and C3-complement, or…

observational 1996
[Monitoring immunity factors in serum and peritoneal fluid after laparoscopy in women. II. Sperm and zona pellucida antibodies]
Ceska gynekologie

A team of authors investigated antibody levels against spermatozoa and against the zona pellucida in sera and peritoneal fluids in infertile women where diagnostic laparoscopy was indicated. The immunological cause of infertility was diagno…