Uterus transplantation is being more widely implemented in clinical practice. Monitoring of rejection is routinely done for cervical biopsies and is dependent on histopathological assessment, as rejections are clinically silent and nonhistological biomarkers are missing. Until this gap is filled, it is important to corroborate the histopathological diagnosis of rejection through independent methods such as gene expression analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Uterus transplantation (UTx) is an emerging therapy for women with uterine infertility. However, critical questions remain with this procedure including the mechanisms involved in graft rejection.
Methods: In this study, we analyzed the immune profile of ectocervical biopsies from 5 patients after UTx before and during their first episode of rejection using RNA sequencing, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and imaging mass cytometry.
Importance: With the widespread use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), concerns about their pregnancy outcomes through maternal exposure have emerged, and clinical comparative data are lacking.
Objective: To assess the risk of pregnancy-, fetal-, and/or newborn-related adverse outcomes associated with exposure to ICIs compared with exposure to other anticancer agents.
Design, Setting, And Participants: In this cohort study, all reports mentioning a pregnancy-related condition and an antineoplastic agent (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification group L01) used for a cancer indication registered in the World Health Organization international pharmacovigilance database VigiBase up to June 26, 2022, were extracted.
Importance And Objective: Postmenopausal endometriosis is a complex condition that challenges the conventional belief that endometriosis resolves with menopause. Despite the cessation of menstruation, a subset of women continues to experience or develop endometriosis-related symptoms during the postmenopausal period. Thus, this review aimed to shed light on postmenopausal endometriosis, exploring its clinical features, diagnostic considerations, management approaches, and the potential impact on women's health.
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