Bruce A Lessey

No ORCID on file · 197 papers in corpus · active 1989-2026

Study types

  • article 140
  • other 24
  • review 18
  • letter 5
  • preprint 5

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 176
  • infertility 64
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 13
  • dysmenorrhea 5
  • die_deep_infiltrating 4
  • endometrioma 3
  • dyspareunia 2
  • adenomyosis 2
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
  • interstitial_cystitis 1
article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1581
article 2013
Analytical and quantitative cytopathology and histopathology

OBJECTIVE: To compare intraobserver and interobserver variation between traditional histological score (HSCORE) and digital HSCORE (D-HSCORE) performed by expert and naive researchers. STUDY DESIGN: Immunohistochemical analysis of beta3 int…

article 2013
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) ·doi:10.1210/me.2013-1191

Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII; NR2F2) is an orphan nuclear receptor involved in cell-fate specification, organogenesis, angiogenesis, and metabolism. Ablation of COUP-TFII in the mouse uterus causes …

editorial 2013
Women's health (London, England) ·doi:10.2217/whe.13.43
article 2013

The endometrium is a hormone ­ dependent tis­ sue that forms the mucosal lining of the inside of the uterus. It is not only an interface between the internal and external environment of a woman’s body, but philosophically speaking, it is th…

review 2013
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0032-1333476

The endometrium is ground zero when it comes to understanding how implantation occurs and how it might also fail, resulting in infertility or pregnancy loss. Many of the causes of diminished uterine receptivity are acquired during a woman's…

article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.191
article 2013
The Journal of Pathology ·doi:10.1002/path.4224

Adenomyosis is defined by the presence of endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium. Despite its frequent occurrence, the precise aetiology and physiopathology of adenomyosis is still unknown. WNT/β-catenin signalling molecules ar…

article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1578
review 2013
Mucosal immunology ·doi:10.1038/mi.2013.9

Lipoxin A4 (LXA4), an endogenous anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory mediator studied in many disease states, is recently appreciated as a potentially significant player in the endometrium. This eicosanoid, synthesized from arachidonic a…

article 2012
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.335
article 2012
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719111431000

Rapid estrogen effects are mediated by membrane receptors, and evidence suggests a role for both a membrane-associated form of estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1; ERα) and G-protein coupled receptor 30 (GPER; GPR30). Considering estrogen's impor…

article 2012
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE ·doi:10.3791/4313

Endometriosis is a common disease affecting 40 to 70% of reproductive-aged women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and/or infertility. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the use of a blue dye (methylene blue) to stain peritoneal surf…

article 2012
·doi:10.3791/4313-v

Endometriosis is a common disease affecting 40 to 70% of reproductive-aged women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and/or infertility. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the use of a blue dye (methylene blue) to stain peritoneal surf…

article 2012
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.337
article 2012
·doi:10.1093/humrep/27.s2.53
review 2011
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.1095

ObjectiveTo provide a focused review of the scientific literature pertaining to endometrial receptivity.DesignReview of the literature and appraisal of relevant articles.SettingAcademic teaching hospital.Patient(s)Women with infertility.Int…

review 2011
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0031-1293203

Unexplained and recurrent loss of pregnancies is a heartbreaking and frustrating condition. The routine diagnostic workup for pregnancy loss includes hormonal evaluation, screening for genetic or chromosomal defects, immunologic and thrombo…

article 2011
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.518
article 2011
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.1052
other 2011
·doi:10.1002/9781444398519.ch23

Endometriosis is a disease affecting up to 10% of reproductive-aged women, but contributing to the majority of cases of pelvic pain and infertility. The association between infertility and mild endometriosis remains controversial, despite m…

article 2011
·doi:10.1093/humrep/26.s1.80
article 2011
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2010-2600

CONTEXT: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrinopathy of reproductive-aged women, is characterized by ovulatory dysfunction and hyperandrogenism. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to compare gene expression between endometrial samp…

article 2011
·doi:10.1093/humrep/26.s1.6

Introduction: Tubal dysfunction is a leading factor in female infertility. Laparoscopy dye is the gold standard to detect tubal patency (laparoscopic chromohydrotubation, LSC-CHT), but hysterosalpingography (HSG) and hystero-contrast-sonogr…

article 2010
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.332