Zelieann R. Craig

ORCID: 0000-0002-9886-416X · 6 papers in corpus
other 2026
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2025.12.070

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic, gynecologic condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus implants throughout the body. Women with endometriosis have a higher prevalence of infertility and a greater risk of early nat…

2024
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfae089

Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), and benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) are used in personal and medical care products. In the ovary, antral follicles are essential for steroidogenesis and ovulation. DBP, BBP, and DEHP a…

2017
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1095/biolreprod.116.144691

Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is present in consumer products and the coating of some oral medications. Acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC) has been proposed as an alternative to DBP because DBP causes endocrine disruption in animal models. Following …

2012
Toxicology and applied pharmacology ·doi:10.1016/j.taap.2011.11.008

Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a plasticizer that has been shown to inhibit growth of mouse antral follicles, however, little is known about the mechanisms by which DEHP does so. Oxidative stress has been linked to follicle growth in…

2012
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1095/biolreprod.112.102467

Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) is the active metabolite of the most commonly used plasticizer, di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, and is considered to be a reproductive toxicant. However, little is known about the effects of MEHP on ovarian…

article 2010
·doi:10.4061/2010/157323

Previous work showed that retaining residual ovarian tissue protects young mice from accelerated bone loss following ovarian failure. The present study was designed to determine whether this protection is also present in aged animals. Aged …