Sarah A. Robertson

ORCID: 0000-0002-9967-0084 · 12 papers in corpus · active 2008-2024

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 3
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 11
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • infertility 1
other 2024
Disease models & mechanisms ·doi:10.1242/dmm.050566

Understanding of molecular mechanisms contributing to the pathophysiology of endometriosis, and upstream drivers of lesion formation, remains limited. Using a C57Bl/6 mouse model in which decidualized endometrial tissue is injected subcutan…

other 2019
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2019.01.002

Endometriotic lesion development involves complex interactions between endometrial tissue, the peritoneum and immune cells. Macrophages are essential in this process; however their precise roles are not defined. To investigate whether infil…

article 2019
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2018-01464

CONTEXT: Despite extensive searches for novel noninvasive diagnostics, laparoscopy remains the reference test for endometriosis. Circulating miRNAs are purported endometriosis biomarkers; however, the miRNA species and their diagnostic accu…

review 2018
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2017.12.003

Cytokines in the reproductive tract environment at conception mediate a dialogue between the embryo and maternal tissues to profoundly influence embryo development and implantation success. Through effects on gene expression and the cell st…

review 2018
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmy014

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a benign gynaecological disorder, which affects 10% of reproductive-aged women and is characterized by endometrial cells from the lining of the uterus being found outside the uterine cavity. However, the pathoph…

article 2015
The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.01.010
other 2012
The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.11.013

Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFB1) is a multifunctional cytokine that is abundant in both endometriotic lesions and the peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis. However, the role of TGFB1 in the development of endometriosis is as ye…

article 2012
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.787
article 2010
·doi:10.1071/srb10abs133

Endometriosis causes subfertility, pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea, and affects 10% of women of reproductive age globally. The pathology of endometriosis is still poorly understood; however microarray data from a mouse model revealed transform…

article 2010
·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2010.06.115
article 2009
·doi:10.1071/srb09abs507

TGFβ is likely to significantly influence endometriotic lesion development, as TGFβ KO/SCID mice with no host-derived TGFβ activity have smaller human ectopic endometrial lesions than control mice. TGFβ potentially acts via RUNX2, a transcr…

article 2008
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) ·doi:10.1210/me.2008-0387

Endometriosis is a prevalent gynecological disease characterized by growth of endometriotic tissue outside the uterine cavity. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are naturally occurring posttranscriptional regulatory molecules that potentially play a role …