Laurel Gillette

ORCID: 0000-0001-8993-6881 · 5 papers in corpus · active 2020-2024

Study types

  • article 4
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • mesh:D004715 2
  • infertility 1
article 2024
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292978

Endosalpingiosis (ES) and endometriosis (EM) refer to the growth of tubal and endometrial epithelium respectively, outside of their site of origin. We hypothesize that uterine secretome factors drive ectopic growth. To test this, we develop…

article 2021
Molecular and cellular endocrinology ·doi:10.1016/j.mce.2021.111481

Endometriosis is a debilitating gynecologic disorder that affects ∼10% of women of reproductive age. Endometriosis is characterized by growth of endometriosis lesions within the abdominal cavity, generally thought to arise from retrograde m…

preprint 2021
·doi:10.1101/2021.01.25.428135

Abstract Endometriosis is an invasive disease, and a leading cause of pain, infertility and disability among women, with an incidence 10 fold that of cancer. A more complete understanding of disease pathogenesis is essential for the develop…

article 2021
·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.857
article 2020
·doi:10.1158/1538-7445.am2020-5798

Abstract High grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) arises from the ectopic implantation of malignant oviductal epithelial cells (OECs) in the peritoneal cavity and on the ovarian surface (the “tubal origins hypothesis”). We believe that these cell…