Bayona M

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2012-2017

Study types

  • article 5
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
article 2017
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1093/biolre/iox152

High levels of inflammatory factors including chemokines have been reported in peritoneal fluid and blood of women with endometriosis. CXCL12 mediates its action by interaction with its specific receptor, CXCR4, reported to be elevated in h…

article 2017
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719117737846

PurposeWe have previously shown that stress prior to induction worsens clinical presentation and inflammatory parameters in a rat model of endometriosis. This study was designed to examine whether stress during the development of endometrio…

article 2015
Journal of endometriosis and pelvic pain disorders ·doi:10.5301/je.5000224

PURPOSE: To describe lifetime differences in clinical characteristics of women with endometriosis between the USA and Puerto Rico. METHODS: A descriptive study using self-administered demographic and clinical questionnaires was undertaken. …

article 2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114542022

We have previously shown detrimental effects of stress in an animal model of endometriosis. We now investigated whether the ability to control stress can affect disease parameters. Endometriosis was surgically induced in female Sprague-Dawl…

other 2013
Journal of epidemiology and global health ·doi:10.1016/j.jegh.2013.08.003

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer afflicting Puerto Rican women and accounts for more cancer-related deaths in this population than any other cancer. METHODS: Demographic, anthropometric, family history, and lifestyl…

article 2013
Molecular cancer biology ·doi:10.9777/mcb.2013.10005

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer (BC) and endometriosis are important reproductive health diseases for women. Although endometriosis is not a malignant condition, some of its characteristics mimic that of a malignancy. Endometriosis is associate…

other 2012
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719111432870

Epigenetic mechanisms have been ascribed important roles in endometriosis. Covalent histone modifications at lysine residues have been shown to regulate gene expression and thus contribute to pathological states in many diseases. In endomet…