Sarah A. Robertson

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…

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are prevalent and ubiquitous in our environment and have substantial potential to compromise human and animal health. Amongst the chronic health conditions associated with EDC exposure, dysregulation of…

PurposeTo evaluate implantation potential of cleavage-stage embryos cultured in medium containing 2 ng/ml granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) versus control medium, according to embryo morphological quality and then tr…

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…

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…

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…

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…

At implantation, the embryo expresses paternally derived alloantigens and evokes inflammation that can threaten reproductive success. To ensure a robust placenta and sustainable pregnancy, an active state of maternal immune tolerance mediat…

The Robinson Research Institute of the University of Adelaide convened a multidisciplinary group of n = 33 clinicians, researchers and representatives of government organisations on the 2 October 2014 for a workshop entitled "Promoting fert…

The factors that predispose one-tenth of reproductive-aged women to endometriosis are poorly understood. We determined that genetic deficiency in transforming growth factor β1 impairs endometriosis-like lesion growth in mice. Given that sem…

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…

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…

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…

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 …