W G Foster

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1997-2020

Study types

  • article 7
  • review 2
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • endometrioma 1
other 2020
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmaa008

BACKGROUND: Neurotrophins of the nerve growth factor family are soluble polypeptides that are best known for their role in nerve growth, survival and differentiation in the central nervous system. A growing body of literature shows that neu…

article 2019
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dez082

STUDY QUESTION: Are melatonin receptors (melatonin receptor 1A (MR1A) and melatonin receptor 1B (MR1B)) expressed in human endometrium and endometriotic tissue, and does melatonin affect endometrial cell proliferation? SUMMARY ANSWER: Melat…

article 2016

Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In addition to estrogen dependence, endometriosis is characterized by chronic …

review 2015
BioMed research international ·doi:10.1155/2015/158490

In addition to estrogen dependence, endometriosis is characterized by chronic pelvic inflammation. The impact of the chronic pelvic inflammatory state on other organ systems and women's health is unclear. Endometriosis associated chronic in…

review 2014
Medical hypotheses ·doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2014.02.007
article 2001
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60617-2
article 2000
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1093/toxsci/56.2.374

An increase in the incidence and severity of endometriosis following treatment with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was a serendipitous finding in a reproductive toxicology study in rhesus monkeys. The purpose of this study was t…

article 1997
Toxicology and industrial health ·doi:10.1177/074823379701300102

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of repeated injection of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the growth of endometriosis and the formation of adhesions in the mouse. Sexually mature female B6C3F1 mice (n …

article 1997
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology ·doi:10.1139/cjpp-75-10-11-1188

Surgically induced endometriosis in the mouse has been described as a model to investigate the effect of environmental pollutants on the growth of endometriotic implants. The objectives of this study were to evaluate a modified surgical pro…

article 1997
Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) ·doi:10.1016/s0890-6238(96)00198-0