Caroline E Gargett

Endometriosis remains an enigmatic disease of unknown etiology, with delayed diagnosis and poor therapeutic options. This review will discuss the cellular, physiological, and genomic evidence of Sampson's hypothesis of retrograde menstruati…

Abstract Objective: Endometriosis is a common and painful condition characterized by the formation of endometrial lesions within the peritoneal cavity. Previous studies have suggested a role for hedgehog signalling in the pathogenesis of en…

STUDY QUESTION: Is endometriosis associated with abnormally located endometrial basalis-like (SSEA1+/SOX9+) cells in the secretory phase functionalis and could they contribute to ectopic endometriotic lesion formation? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women…

Studies from five independent laboratories conclude that bone marrow stem cells transdifferentiate into endometrial stroma, epithelium, and endothelium. We investigated the nature of bone marrow-derived cells in the mouse endometrium by rec…

The human endometrium is a dynamic tissue that undergoes approximately 400 cyclical episodes of proliferation, differentiation, shedding, and regeneration in a woman's reproductive lifespan. The regenerative capacity of human endometrium is…

STUDY QUESTION: Is there a specific surface marker that identifies human endometrial epithelial progenitor cells with adult stem cell activity using in vitro assays? SUMMARY ANSWER: N-cadherin isolates clonogenic, self-renewing human endom…

BACKGROUND: The existence of stem/progenitor cells in the endometrium was postulated many years ago, but the first functional evidence was only published in 2004. The identification of rare epithelial and stromal populations of clonogenic c…

The human endometrium is a highly dynamic tissue that is cyclically shed, repaired, regenerated and remodelled, primarily under the orchestration of oestrogen and progesterone, in preparation for embryo implantation. Humans are among the ve…

Neonatal uterine bleeding (NUB) occurs in approximately 5% of newborns and is generally considered to be of little clinical significance. However, the real clinical importance of this condition and its long-term implications remain to be de…

Authors : Roxane A. Legaie, Kjiana E. Schwab, Caroline E. Gargett Abstract : Studies looking at the changes in gene expression from RNAseq data often make use of linear models. It is also common practice to focus on a subset of data for a c…

Uterine endometrium is one of the most important organs for species preservation. However, the physiology of human endometrium remains poorly understood, because the human endometrium undergoes rapid and large changes during each menstrual …

Background Different fetomaternal conditions may influence the risk of endometriosis during adolescence and in adult life; here we focus on the hormonal maturation of the fetal endometrium in the final stages of pregnancy and on the theory …

Three main theories have been put forward to explain the pathogenesis of endometriosis, that of a retrograde menstrual transplantation, that of an induction of endometrial cells, and that of an in situ development. These hypotheses belong t…

Human endometrial mucosa is a dynamically remodeling tissue, undergoing cyclical morphologic and functional changes in response to fluctuating sex steroid hormones each menstrual cycle during a woman's reproductive life. Postmenopausal endo…

The pathogenesis of early-onset endometriosis has recently been revisited, sparked by the discovery of endometrial stem/progenitor cells and their possible role in endometriosis, and because maternal pregnancy hormone withdrawal following d…

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