ArticleBioMed research international2018
Alpha-Tocopherol Serum Levels Are Increased in Caucasian Women with Uterine Fibroids: A Pilot Study.
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- The relationship between fat-soluble vitamins and uterine fibroids: a systematic review.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Vitamin E Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Metabolic remodeling and its hidden heterogeneity in uterine fibroids: comprehensive metabolomic profiling and mass spectrometry imaging.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025Article
- The influence of uterine leiomyomatosis on the onset of psoriasis: a nationwide population-based study of 2.5 million Korean females.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Epigallocatechin Gallate for the Treatment of Benign and Malignant Gynecological Diseases-Focus on Epigenetic Mechanisms.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Role of Nutrition in Pathogenesis of Uterine Fibroids.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Comprehensive Review of Uterine Fibroids: Developmental Origin, Pathogenesis, and Treatment.Endocrine reviews · 2022Review
- Dietary Natural Compounds and Vitamins as Potential Cofactors in Uterine Fibroids Growth and Development.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Effect of two postharvest technologies on the micronutrient profile of cashew kernels from Mozambique.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
- Micronutrient and Trace Element Levels in Serum of Women With Uterine Fibroids in Lagos.Cureus · 2021Article
- Non-hormonal mediators of uterine fibroid growth.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2020Review
- Vitamins and Uterine Fibroids: Current Data on Pathophysiology and Possible Clinical Relevance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Haplotypes of CYP1B1 and CCDC57 genes in an Afro-Caribbean female population with uterine leiomyoma.Molecular biology reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Uterine fibroids (UFs) are benign tumors of the reproductive tract, arising from smooth muscle cells of the uterus. Steroid hormones, estrogen, and progesterone are considered to be the most important links in the pathophysiology of UFs. Alpha-tocopherol (AT) is the most active form of vitamin E. What is important as far as UFs are concerned is that ATs contain structural determinants, which makes them possible ligands for estrogen receptors (ERs). We present a retrospective cohort study performed in a university teaching hospital. We included a total of 162 patients divided into 2 groups: with UFs and controls. The effects of age, body mass index (BMI), positive medical history, parity, and AT serum concentrations on the risk for the development of UFs were investigated. Mean AT serum concentrations were 11.66 ± 4.97
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