Sullivan BT

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2007-2008

Study types

  • article 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
2008
Acid sphingomyelinase involvement in tumor necrosis factor alpha-regulated vascular and steroid disruption during luteolysis in vivo.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·doi:10.1073/pnas.0712260105

TNF is well known for its role in inflammation, including direct effects on the vasculature. TNF also is implicated in the regulation of reproduction by its actions to affect ovarian steroidogenic cells and to induce apoptosis of corpus lut…

article 2007
Ablation of Leptin Signaling Disrupts the Establishment, Development, and Maintenance of Endometriosis-Like Lesions in a Murine Model
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/en.2007-1225

Leptin, a 16-kDa cytokine, has been implicated in several reproductive processes and disorders. Notably, elevated leptin levels in the peritoneal fluid of women with mild endometriosis has been demonstrated, suggesting a role for this cytok…