R S Schenken
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· 36 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2008
The aim of this study was to investigate whether activin A has an effect on the attachment and/or invasion of endometrial cells in a modeled peritoneum in vitro. Cultured endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) and endometrial epithelial cells (EE…
lab-animal
2001
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of hyaluronic acid in the attachment of endometrial cells to mesothelium. DESIGN: In vitro study of adhesion of endometrial stromal and epithelial cells to mesothelial cells. SETTING: University medical cen…
other
2001
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the initial adhesion of endometrium to the peritoneum. DESIGN: Descriptive study using light and confocal laser-scanning microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and transmission electron microscopy. SETTING: University-ba…
other
2000
OBJECTIVE: To localize alpha2beta1 and alpha3beta1 integrins in the cell membrane of peritoneal mesothelium in vivo and in vitro. DESIGN: Descriptive study using confocal and two-photon laser-scanning microscopy. SETTING: University-based…
review
1999
OBJECTIVE: To review the physiology, pathology, and treatment of proximal tubal disease. DATA IDENTIFICATION: Relevant reports on the pathophysiology of proximal tubal disease were reviewed. All studies in English of microsurgery and macro…
review
1999
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas Correspondence: Willam N. Burns, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, …
lab-animal
1999
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether whole fragments of endometrium can adhere to peritoneum with intact mesothelium. DESIGN: Tissue culture and immunohistochemical study. SETTING: University medical center. PATIENT(S): Reproductive-age women…
review
1998
Murphy, Mary CPNP, PUD; Rlsser, Nancy MN, RN,C, ANP; Giudice, L C; Tazuke, Sl; Swiersz, L; Schenken, R S; Brosens, I A; Agarwal, S K; Johnson, K M Author Information
other
1998
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the expression of alpha subunits of integrin adhesion molecules in peritoneal tissue in vivo and in vitro. METHOD: Peritoneum from the anterior abdominal wall (n = 22) and the serosa of the posterior uterus (n = …
review
1998
OBJECTIVE: To review the development of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) classification forms for endometriosis and assess efforts to validate their clinical utility. STUDY DESIGN: The relevant medical literature was r…
review
1997
There are many hypotheses concerning the pathogenesis of endometriosis, though no single theory can explain all cases. It is likely that several mechanisms are involved. Early studies concentrated on the histogenesis of the endometriotic le…
observational
1997
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the empirical relationship between the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine's classification of endometriosis and pregnancy rates after treatment. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. PATIENT(S): Patients s…
other
1997
other
1994
PROBLEM: Numerous studies have characterized the lymphocyte subpopulations in normal eutopic endometrium and suggested a role for the cytokine secretory products of these lymphocytes in regulating endometrial cell proliferation and differen…
other
1994
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed (1) to characterize the resident leukocyte population in ectopic endometrium (EE), (2) to assess proliferative activity of cellular components in EE, (3) to assess whether resident leukocytes in EE express…
review
1994
The American Fertility Society (AFS) classification for endometriosis is a widely-used system for categorizing the severity of pelvic endometriosis. Although this classification represents a detailed description of the location and extent o…
other
1993
PROBLEM: Previous studies have shown that the endometrial epithelial/stromal cell proliferative activity of endometriosis is significantly less than that of normal endometrium and that the concentration of resident stromal leukocytes is sig…
lab-animal
1993
OBJECTIVE: To measure the concentration of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in peripheral serum and conditioned media (CM) of macrophages collected from the peritoneal cavity in rats before and after surgically inducing endometriosis. DESIGN: Adult fe…
rct
1992
OBJECTIVE: To compare a single periovulatory intrauterine insemination (IUI) with a regimen employing two IUIs, one before ovulation and one after ovulation, in patients undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with human menopausal g…
other
1991
The c-myc protooncogene and its polypeptide product are important regulators of cell proliferation and differentiation, and ovarian steroids are believed to stimulate growth of various uterine cell types through altered expression of the c-…
other
1991
lab-animal
1991
It has been hypothesized that the activated peritoneal macrophages of endometriosis, rather than being a response to ectopic endometrium, may contribute to its pathogenesis. This study attempts to define the effect of macrophage-derived gro…
lab-animal
1991
Stromal cells and epithelial glands were separated after enzymic digestion of specimens obtained from 27 women at hysterectomy or endometrial biopsy during the luteal phase, and then cultured to confluence in vitro. PGE release into the cul…
lab-animal
1991
OBJECTIVE: It was the purpose of this study to examine the cause and effect relationship between alterations in peritoneal factors and the presence of ectopic endometrium in the rabbit model. DESIGN: Forty rabbits had autologous endometria…
review
1990
A limited number of small studies have assessed the efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists in the treatment of ovarian endometriomas. Most of these trials have not used quantitative measurements to evaluate the effects of thera…