Kaylon L. Bruner‐Tran

Endometriosis was first described in the medical literature more than 100 years ago, yet its etiology remains poorly understood. Nevertheless, a century of medical research has yielded a significantly greater understanding of the multiple p…

Development of endometriosis likely requires multiple, interactive mechanisms involving both the endocrine and immune systems. Environmental toxicants, such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), are of particular interest as potent…

A recent survey in the United States identified 287 different chemicals in human cord blood, demonstrating the significant exposure of women and their children to a wide array of environmental toxicants. While reducing contamination and exp…

Aberrant up-regulation of aromatase in eutopic endometrium and implants from women with endometriosis has been reported. Aromatase induction may be mediated by increased cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). Recently, we demonstrated that progesterone …

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Exposure to endocrine disruptors during critical period of development causes long-lasting effects, being the gen…

Endometriosis is a common gynecologic disorder characterized by ectopic attachment and growth of endometrial tissues. Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol with antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory properties. Our objective was to study th…

Previous studies have demonstrated that proliferation of endometrial stroma (ES) in vitro is inhibited by a number of statins in a concentration-dependent manner. An in vitro model of endometriosis found that lovastatin also abolished angio…

Read the full review for this Faculty Opinions recommended article: Macrophages are alternatively activated in patients with endometriosis and required for growth and vascularization of lesions in a mouse model of disease.

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is a common condition associated with infertility and pelvic pain in women. Recent in vitro studies have shown that statins decrease proliferation of endometrial stroma (ES) and inhibit angiogenesis. OBJECTIVE: The ai…

Endometriosis is one of the most common causes of chronic pelvic pain, which affects over 70 million adult and adolescent women worldwide. The pathophysiology of endometriosis involves endocrine, inflammatory and angiogenic components and t…

Endometriosis is an estrogen dependent gynecological disease that can result in an array of problems from severe chronic pelvic pain to infertility. It is caused by the ectopic growth of the endometrial tissue at extrauterine sites, predomi…

Problem: The environmental contaminant 2,3,7,8‐tetracholorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin (TCDD) has been suggested to play a role in the etiology of endometriosis, but whether women develop this disease due to a prior exposure to endocrine disruptors is…

CONTEXT: Endometriosis, the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, is principally an estrogen-dependent disease. In contrast, exposure to progesterone during pregnancy or therapeutically has been shown to provide benefit to some w…