Robert S. Schenken

No ORCID on file · 91 papers in corpus
2005
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.023
2005
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.470
2004
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.434
other 2003
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation ·doi:10.1016/s1071-5576(03)00026-1
review 2003
Human fertility (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1080/1464770312331368973

Proliferative, secretory and menstrual endometrial cells of both the stroma and epithelium adhere to intact peritoneal mesothelium and mesothelial monolayers. Endometrial attachment to the mesothelium appears to occur rapidly (within 1 h) a…

lab-animal 2003
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)04834-3

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate endometrial adhesion and invasion of peritoneal mesothelium. DESIGN: Descriptive study using confocal laser-scanning microscopy. SETTING: University-based laboratory. PATIENT(S): Women undergoing surgery for benign…

lab-animal 2002
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02790.x

OBJECTIVE: To determine if whole fragments of endometrium can adhere to peritoneum with intact mesothelium. DESIGN: Tissue culture and immunohistochemical study. SETTING: University Medical Center. PATIENTS: Reproductive-age women underg…

2002
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03978-x
lab-animal 2002
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/17.11.2832

BACKGROUND: To evaluate adhesion of menstrual endometrium (ME) to intact peritoneal mesothelium. METHODS: Explants of peritoneum were cultured for 1 h with ME (n = 6). Specimens were serially sectioned for haematoxylin and eosin stain and …

2002
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)04047-5
lab-animal 2002
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03340-x

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the possible role of mesothelial alpha(2)beta(1) and alpha(3)beta(1) integrins in the attachment of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) and endometrial epithelial cells (EECs). DESIGN: In vitro study. SETTING: Universi…

2001
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)01883-0
other 2001
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)01699-x

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
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00701-9

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…

2000
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00778-0
1999
·doi:10.1097/00003081-199909000-00012
review 1999
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00014-x

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
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1097/00003081-199909000-00014

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
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00400-2

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 1997
Seminars in reproductive endocrinology ·doi:10.1055/s-2008-1068749

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
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81392-1

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
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81390-8
other 1994
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.1994.tb01110.x

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
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb21762.x

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…

other 1993
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.1993.tb00605.x

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…