Emily J Su

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2010-2012

Study types

  • review 3
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
review 2012
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0031-1299596

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease. The biologically active estrogen, estradiol, aggravates the pathological processes (e.g., inflammation and growth) and the symptoms (e.g., pain) associated with endometriosis. Abundant quantit…

other 2012
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0031-1299591
review 2010
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0029-1242992

Estradiol (E2) stimulates the growth and inflammation in the ectopic endometriotic tissue that commonly resides on the pelvic organs. Several clinical and laboratory-based observations are indicative of resistance to progesterone action in …

review 2010
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0029-1242991

Loss of progesterone signaling in the endometrium may be a causal factor in the development of endometriosis, and progesterone resistance is commonly observed in women with this disease. In endometriotic stromal cells, the levels of progest…