Nadia Bellofiore
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
14 Papers
15 Citations
Nadia Bellofiore is an academic researcher from Hudson Institute of Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spiny mouse & Luteal phase. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 12 publications. Previous affiliations of Nadia Bellofiore include Monash University & Monash University, Clayton campus.
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Characterization of human-like menstruation in the spiny mouse: Comparative studies with the human and induced mouse model
Nadia Bellofiore,Nadia Bellofiore,Shreya Rana,Shreya Rana,Hayley Dickinson,Hayley Dickinson,Peter Temple-Smith,Jemma Evans +7 more
TL;DR: The first to demonstrate a primate-like pattern of natural menstruation in a rodent, with decidualization, spiral arteriole remodeling and piece-meal endometrial shedding, supports the spiny mouse as a viable model, sharing many attributes of physiological menstruation with humans.
A missing piece: the spiny mouse and the puzzle of menstruating species.
Nadia Bellofiore,Fiona L. Cousins,Fiona L. Cousins,Peter Temple-Smith,Hayley Dickinson,Hayley Dickinson,Jemma Evans +6 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that a ≥3-fold increase in progesterone during the luteal phase of the reproductive cycle is a unique characteristic linking menstruating species and why spontaneous decidualisation, and thus menstruation, evolved in these species.
Monkeys, mice and menses: the bloody anomaly of the spiny mouse.
Nadia Bellofiore,Jemma Evans +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that DHEA, synthesised by the spiny mouse (but not other rodents), humans and other menstruating primates, is integral in spontaneous decidualisation and therefore menstruation.
First evidence of a menstruating rodent: the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus)
Nadia Bellofiore,Stacey J. Ellery,Jared Mamrot,David W. Walker,Peter Temple-Smith,Hayley Dickinson +5 more
TL;DR: The spiny mouse is the first rodent species known to menstruate and provides an unprecedented natural non-primate model to study the mechanisms of menstrual shedding and repair, and may be useful in furthering the understanding of human specific menstrual and pregnancy associated diseases.
Aspects of human uterine creatine metabolism during the menstrual cycle and at term pregnancy.
Mamatha Philip,Rodney J. Snow,Paul A. Della Gatta,Damien L. Callahan,Nadia Bellofiore,Lois A. Salamonsen,Kirsten R Palmer,Stacey J. Ellery +7 more
TL;DR: Endometrial tissue has the capacity to produce, transport and metabolise creatine during the menstrual cycle and at term pregnancy, with this capacity is up-regulated during the early secretory phase of the menstrual cycle.
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