Olivier Van Kerk

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2017
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.01.005

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate deep nodular endometriotic lesions induced in baboons over 12 months and analyze collective cell migration and nerve fiber density. DESIGN: Morphologic and immunohistochemical analysis of endometriotic lesions induce…

lab-animal 2015
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.05.011

OBJECTIVE: To determine the implications of collective cell migration in the invasion phenomenon observed in deep endometriotic lesions induced in a baboon model. DESIGN: Study of morphology and collective cell migration markers in invasiv…

other 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.08.003

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, in peritoneal, ovarian, and rectovaginal endometriotic lesions, expression of steroidogenic enzymes involved in the activation and inactivation of estrogens: 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD17B1) and 2 (H…

2013
·doi:10.5301/je.5000155

Objective Detection of nerve fibers in endometrial biopsies was recently proposed as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for endometriosis. However, their occurrence in the functional layer of endometrium still remains controversial. Nerve fibers…

lab-animal 2012
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.10.032

OBJECTIVE: To establish an experimental model for the study of deep nodular endometriosis. DESIGN: Induction of nodular endometriosis in baboons by grafting different uterine specimens to the peritoneal cavity. SETTING: Research and unive…