Emily Su

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2008-2014

Study types

  • review 4
  • article 2
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
article 2014
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) ·doi:10.1210/me.2013-1421

In endometriosis, stromal and epithelial cells from the endometrium form extrauterine lesions and persist in response to estrogen (E2) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Stromal cells produce excessive quantities of estrogen and PGE2 in a feed-fo…

other 2012
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.03.030

OBJECTIVE: To define altered gene expression networks in endometriosis. DESIGN: Experiments using endometriotic tissues and primary cells. SETTING: Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Northwestern University. PATIENT(S): Premenopa…

article 2012
·doi:10.1093/biolreprod/87.s1.321

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent gynecological disease that affects 6–10% of women of reproductive age. It is a major cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility, and poses a heavy financial burden on society, with annual estimates t…

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…

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…

review 2008
Molecular and cellular endocrinology ·doi:10.1016/j.mce.2008.12.012