Within the human female reproductive tract (FRT), the challenge of protection against
sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is coupled with the need to enable successful …

New eating habits, actual trends in production and consumption have a health,
environmental and social impact. The European Union is fighting diseases characteristic of …

Background The human endometrium undergoes recurring cycles of growth, differentiation,
and breakdown in response to sex hormones. Dysregulation of epithelial-stromal …

Mast cells accumulate in the stroma surrounding certain tumors, especially mammary
adenocarcinoma, and molecules they secrete could benefit the tumor. These include …

The endometrium is the secretory lining of the uterus that undergoes dynamic changes
throughout the menstrual cycle in preparation for implantation and a pregnancy. Recently …

Glycodelin is a glycoprotein that belongs to the lipocalin superfamily. Depending on
glycosylation, glycodelin appears in various isoforms. In the uterus, glycodelin-A is the major …

Osteopontin is an arginine-glycine-aspartic acid-containing acidic glycoprotein component
of the extracellular matrix that is postulated to bind to integrin receptors at the cell surface to …

Embryo implantation occurs during a short period of time, the implantation window, in the
mid-secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. The cross-talk between the endometrium and …

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a benign gynaecological disease. Thus, it came as a
complete surprise when it was reported recently that the majority of deep endometriosis …

The acquisition of an androgen-independent phenotype by prostate cancer cells is presently
a death sentence for patients. In order to have a realistic chance of changing this outcome …