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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2020

Endometriosis: current challenges in modeling a multifactorial disease of unknown etiology.

Helena Malvezzi, Eliana Blini Marengo, Sérgio Podgaec, Carla de Azevedo Piccinato

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
11.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of vitamin D supplementation in endometriosis: a systematic review.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2022
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  3. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Endometriosis, Psychological Based Intervention: A Systematic Review.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022
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  6. Natural Products Targeting Oxidative Stress-Inflammation Crosstalk in Endometriosis.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026
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  7. Building Disease Models for Endometriosis: iPSCs as Game-Changers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Lesion size reduction in mouse model of endometriosis following clove (International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2026
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  19. The SOX18-OTUB1-YAP1 axis: a new endometriosis target.Journal of translational medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Helena MalvezziHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, 05652-900, Brazil. helenamalvezzi@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5504-6116
Eliana Blini MarengoInstituto Butanta- EstabilidadeBiotech Quality Control, São Paulo, SP, 05503-900, Brazil.
Sérgio PodgaecHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, 05652-900, Brazil.
Carla de Azevedo PiccinatoHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, 05652-900, Brazil. cpiccinato@uwalumni.com.
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BRInstituto Butantan · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory hormone-dependent condition associated with pelvic pain and infertility, characterized by the growth of ectopic endometrium outside the uterus. Given its still unknown etiology, treatments usually aim at diminishing pain and/or achieving pregnancy. Despite some progress in defining mode-of-action for drug development, the lack of reliable animal models indicates that novel approaches are required. The difficulties inherent to modeling endometriosis are related to its multifactorial nature, a condition that hinders the recreation of its pathology and the identification of clinically relevant metrics to assess drug efficacy. In this review, we report and comment endometriosis models and how they have led to new therapies. We envision a roadmap for endometriosis research, integrating Artificial Intelligence, three-dimensional cultures and organ-on-chip models as ways to achieve better understanding of physiopathological features and better tailored effective treatments.

Indexed as

EndometriosisInfertilityAnimalsArtificial IntelligenceEndometriumFemaleHumansPregnancyUterusAnimal modelArtificial intelligenceCell cultureDrug efficacyEndometriosisOrgan-on-chip

Identifiers

PMID32787880
PMCPMC7425005
OpenAlexW3048736502

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Registered trials

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