Witkin SS

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 1996-2019

Study types

  • other 2
  • article 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • infertility 3
2019
Evaluation of lysophosphatidic acid in vaginal fluid as a biomarker for ovarian cancer: A pilot study.
European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X ·doi:10.1016/j.eurox.2019.100012

There remains a need to differentiate between women with a benign or a malignant adnexal mass prior to surgery. As part of an ongoing evaluation of vaginal fluid compounds as potential tumor biomarkers we evaluated whether vaginal lysophosp…

2019
Insulin-like growth factor-1 and soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase-1 prospectively predict cancelled IVF cycles.
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-019-01618-3

PurposeTo identify biomarkers that prospectively predict IVF cycle cancellation.MethodsIn this prospective study, sera were obtained prior to any intervention, from women about to undergo an IVF cycle. The sera were assayed by ELISA for lev…

2008
Hyaluronan in follicular fluid and embryo implantation following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-008-9268-4

PurposeTo determine whether the concentration of hyaluronan (HA) in follicular fluid predicts implantation success following embryo transfer.MethodsFollicular fluids from 170 IVF patients were tested by ELISA for HA concentration.ResultsThe…

other 2001
Relationship of abnormal vaginal flora, proinflammatory cytokines and idiopathic infertility in women undergoing IVF
The Journal of reproductive medicine

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and abnormal bacterial vaginal flora in an infertile population and correlate with cervical cytokine production and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome. STUDY DESIGN: In…

other 1998
Cell-mediated immunity to human and Escherichia coli 60-kDa heat shock protein in women: association with a history of spontaneous abortion and endometriosis
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00385.x

PROBLEM: Heat shock proteins are expressed during early pregnancy and in peritoneal fluids from women with endometriosis. The relationship between a cell-mediated immune response to human 60-kDa heat shock protein (hsp60), spontaneous abort…

1997
International Group for Research in the Immunopathogenesis of Genital Infections: II. International Symposium on Immunopathogenesis of Pregnancy, December 6-7, 1997.
Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1155/s1064744997000136
article 1996
Endometriosis: Expression of the 60 kDa heat shock protein in peritoneal fluids from women with endometriosis: implications for endometriosis-associated infertility
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019200

Proinflammatory cytokines and activated macrophages and T lymphocytes have been detected in peritoneal fluids of women with endometriosis and may impair fertility. Expression of the 60 kDa heat shock protein (hsp60) is one mechanism leading…