SynthesisPharmacology & therapeutics2023
Prolactin and pain of endometriosis.
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- Sexually Dimorphic Neuroimmune Pathways in Chronic Pain: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms.Biomolecules · 2026Pooled it
- Building Disease Models for Endometriosis: iPSCs as Game-Changers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Preclinical Effect of Shaofu Zhuyu Decoction on Decidualization and the Expression of PR-β and HNRNPL in a Mouse Model of Endometriosis-Associated Infertility.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Article
- Identification and Characterization of Static Craniofacial Defects in Pre-MetamorphicJournal of developmental biology · 2025Article
- A prolactin-targeting antibody to prevent stress-induced peripheral nociceptor sensitization and female postoperative pain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Ovarian Endometrioma Disrupts Oocyte-Cumulus Communication and Mitochondrial Function, With Melatonin Mitigating the Effects.Cell proliferation · 2025Article
- Endometriosis Severity and Risk of Preeclampsia: A Combined Mendelian Randomization and Observational Study.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Prolactin-induced sensitization of trigeminal nociceptors promotes migraine co-morbidity in endometriosis.Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache · 2025Article
- Impact of gut microbiota on endometriosis: linking physical injury to mental health.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Nociceptors are functionally male or female: from mouse to monkey to man.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Prolactin and Hyperprolactinaemia in Endometriosis-Related Infertility: Are There Clinically Significant Connections?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Pain from Internal Organs and Headache: The Challenge of Comorbidity.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Translation of cell therapies to treat autoimmune disorders.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2024Review
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Abstract
Women experience chronic pain more often than men with some pain conditions being specific to women while others are more prevalent in women. Prolactin, a neuropeptide hormone with higher serum levels in women, has recently been demonstrated in preclinical studies to sensitize nociceptive sensory neurons in a sexually dimorphic manner. Dysregulation of prolactin and prolactin receptors may be responsible for increased pain especially in female predominant conditions such as migraine, fibromyalgia, and pelvic pain. In this review, we focus on the role of prolactin in endometriosis, a condition characterized by pelvic pain and infertility that affects a large proportion of women during their reproductive age. We discuss the symptoms and pathology of endometriosis and discuss how different sources of prolactin secretion may contribute to this disease. We highlight our current understanding of prolactin-mediated mechanisms of nociceptor sensitization in females and how this mechanism may apply to endometriosis. Lastly, we report the results of a systematic review of clinical studies conducted by searching the PubMed and EMBASE databases to identify association between endometriosis and blood levels of prolactin. The results of this search strongly indicate that serum prolactin levels are increased in patients with endometriosis and support the possibility that high levels of prolactin may promote pelvic pain in these patients and increase vulnerability to other comorbid pain conditions likely by dysregulating prolactin receptor expression. Targeting of prolactin and prolactin receptors may improve management of pain associated with endometriosis.
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